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A HIGHLAND PARISH.
we came to Arrochav, and having left Sandy
and the horses at the inn, we walked to the
manse, then occupied by an old college friend
of my father’s. We found the good man in his
study with his Concordance and Pulpit Bible
before him, which, on recognising my father, he
soon closed and put aside. Very hearty was the
welcome which we received. My father preached
there next day. On Monday morning we pro¬
ceeded by Loch Long side and the Gair Loch
to Roseneath. At that time there was on the
shore of the Gair Loch, now studded with villas
on both shores, but one or two houses, and little
did I expect that I should ever possess a cottage
there. Leaving Sandy and the horses at Rose¬
neath till my father’s return, and, crossing over
to Greenock, we reached the house of my grand¬
uncle, where we passed the night. We arrived
at Glasgow on Wednesday forenoon, having been
ten days on a journey that can now be accom¬
plished in twice as many hours. I was next
morning enrolled as a student in the Latin class,
taught at the time by Mr Richardson, a most
amiable and accomplished man, whose memory