...curiosity in the family of Craigdarroch. We conclude this article by quoting the Poet's " Highland Welcome," 'which he composed impromptu, when called...dark stream I ferry o'er, A time that surely shall come ; In Heaven itself I'll ask no more Thau just a Highland welcome. And we may add the following...

...on a slender pretence, Not to show her respect, but — to save the expense ! THE HIGHLAND WELCOME. WHEN death's dark stream I ferry o'er,— A time that surely shall come ; In heaven itself I 'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome. VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW...

...well said in his four columns of Blackwood.] EPIGRAM ON PARTING WITH A KIND HOST IN THE HIGHLANDS. WHEN Death's dark stream I ferry o'er, (A time that surely shall come), In Heav'n itself I'll ask no more, STRATHALLAN'S LAMENT. THICKEST night, surround my dwelling...

...gie o'er — proceed no further — God won't accept your thanks for murther ! THE HIGHLAND WELCOME. WHEN Death's dark stream I ferry o'er, A time that surely shall come ; In heaven itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome. 316 EPIGRAMS, ETC. TO THE EDITOR...

...OF THE HOUSE, ON TAKING LEAVE AT A PLACE IN THE HIGHLANDS, WHERE HE HAD BEEN HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED. WHEN death's dark stream I ferry o'er, A time that surely shall come ; 128 LIBERTY. A FRAGMENT. THEE, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among, Thee, famed for martial deed...

...anger. the above by penning that other more just and kindly estimate of Highland hospitality : — When death's dark stream I ferry o'er — A time that surely shall come — In heaven itself I'll ask no more, Than just a Highland welcome. Returned home, he wrote on...

...say he was sure he must be a "bad fellow at home." Burns has said, in singing of this lovely trait : "When Death's dark stream I ferry o'er, A time that surely shall come, In Heaven itself I'll ask no more, Than just a Highland welcome." This trait has shown itself...

...amends for the above by penning that other more just and kindly estimate of Highland hospitality :— When death's dark stream I ferry o'er— A time that surely shall come— In heaven itself I'll ask no more, Than just a Highland welcome. Eeturned home, he wrote on...

...And bide by the buff and the blue." When at last came the hour of parting, we felt with Burns — " When death's dark stream I ferry o'er — A time that surely shall come — ln heaven itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome! " IF the expressions reaching...

...of dear "Auld Scotia," a land alive with industry, patriotism, honest yeomanry and frugal homes. " When Death's dark stream I ferry o'er. A time that surely shall come ; In heuvcn Itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome. " So sang Burns, and so say...