22 ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY LIFE [ch. ii. 
Sutherland,. Caithness, and Cromarty, but until my 
mine thp T w llCed t0 0rder 1 cannot deter ^ 
P T Whlch 1 am t0 follow - In the mean- 
time let me begin my operations by a little drilling 
preparatory to my entering on these designs.” 
Again, under date 30th April, he writes:_ 
^ As l am about to undertake another journey 
or rather to begin the completion of my last, I shad 
ote some particulars regarding my present 
Zsent\^ ttus . c ! ose , m y Journal For the 
m a v i T 0n 'T’ b , ein S the firstda y of summer, 
lay veiy properly be made the first of a 
mtTf account and ? f a uew mode of arranging 
matters, more especially as a reform is loudly called 
foi In regard to the objects which I had in view 
on this trip, I may say that I have attained them in 
a greater or less degree. I have enjoyed for six - 
lJl!hh S PaSt an alm . ost uninterrupted course of good 
S,’ ■2\«v¥* f01 ' the k8t threo moLs 
head^ohp \ u* not even experienced a 
eadache of half an hour s duration. Hence I 
ifer that my constitution is mending PerhaDS 
with due care I may yet attain to suchVmness of 
mv own I f!!i! g lt r( f S ° n r bly have ex P ected > had not 
frustrated tbl’ and . a fe '\ adverse circumstances 
trustrated the intention of Nature. However I am 
e1e P rv e Sa? r0n ? Iy f ° rtified a § ainst the assart Z 
7s r L ard?i!f g circ ? mstan . ce - and am thus, in so far 
2 constitution, well fitted for any 
and ,Tt °5 ne ? essar y for keeping in health ; 
and as I could not relinquish scientific pursuits I 
must endeavour to find some employment which 
Mth a high degree of mental, gives an equal share 
inclines°me\ amon § othi reasons! 
nclines me to follow the study of Nature. 
mce my anivai here 1 have made but few 
