MR. CAKLETON'S MUSICAL CLASS. 165 
every mark of sympathy and friendship. 
One of these gentlemen, Mr. Walter Brodie, 
whom Mr. Nobbs entertained as his guest, 
employed himself chiefly in gathering mate- 
rials for an account of the island and its 
hospitable inhabitants, which was afterwards 
published, and to which allusion has already 
been made. 
Two of the other guests, the Baron de 
Thierry, and Mr. Hugh Carleton, especially 
the latter, applied themselves to the task of 
teaching the whole of the adult population to 
sing. Fortunately, the Baron happened to 
have a tuning-fork in his pocket ; and the 
people, whose efforts in psalmody in church 
had been noticed as somewhat imperfect, 
caught with delight at the idea of a little 
musical instruction. " They proved," says 
Mr. Brodie, " remarkably intelligent, not one 
among the number being deficient in ear, 
while many had exceedingly fine voices. 
The progress surpassed the most sanguine 
expectations of the teacher. On the fourth 
day they sang through a catch in four parts 
with great steadiness. For people who had 
hitherto been unaware even of the existence in 
