
          winds & bad weather detained her till
Tuesday last (the 13th). They reckon on 30
days for her passage.

I think I must have told you that
our eldest daughter Maria, (whose loss to the
poor & the ignorant of our parish is greater
than I can describe to you) married last
Spring the Revd. Mr. McGilvray, a distinguished
Gaelic scholar & Minister of the Free Gaelic
Church of Glasgow. His Church have 
appointed him this year to go & inspect
the condition of Free Scotch Church in
Canada & of the Highlanders in particular.
At an earlier season they would
probably have gone by Halifax, but
late as it was in the year, they were
advised to go via New York. At this
I rejoiced. Their stay cannot be long,
but I shall think it a privilege if 
they find you there or at New Jersey.
They will proceed as soon as may
be to Montreal & then journey in

        