WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMIORS 
187 
tions, which also occupies the whole ot page 34 [3] and the top of p. 35. 
[4]. It refers to Smith's patriotism in refusing a very tempting offer 
to go to Russia to search for coal for the Russian Emperor. 
Pp. 35, 36 and 37 [4, 5, and 6], are occupied by Considerations 
which determine the conveniences of a small farm house and offices." 
p. 38 is blank. 
p. 39 gives a curious insight into one aspect of Smith's life, judging 
by the nature of the books he read. It is headed " Books read in 
leisure hours," and is as follows : — 
Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. 
Butler's Analogy. 
Locke on the Human Understanding. 
Conversations on Chemistry. 
Togwood's Dissent from the Church of En^dand. 
Murray's Lectures on Revelations. 
Faber's Prophecies. 
Jone's [sic]. Church History. 
Bate's Harmony of the Divine Attributes. 
Wesle} 's Sermons. 
page 40 is blank. 
page 41 is headed : — 
''Agriculture. Paper by Mr. Smith. Feb. 7, 1831." It occupies 
pp. 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 (see appendix d). 
Page 46 is blank. 
Page 47 is headed " Politics, Statistics etc." (see appendix e). The 
paper occupies pp. 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54. 
Page 55 is blank, except for the heading Religion, Theology, etc. 
SMITH MS., 1827. 
The Misses Turnbull have kindly permitted me to make the follow- 
ing copy of a document in their possession. The original letter was 
from W. Smith to Sir John Johnstone, who was anxious to help Smith 
in his work. It throws interesting light on several Scarborough matters, 
including the Reservoir referred to on page 188. The map of York- 
shire mentioned is evidently that being prepared in 1826, but unfortun- 
ately the memoir on the Geology of Yorkshire never appeared. Two 
N 
