way to the Blackmount Uncle spent the evening with him. On the following day they called at the manse. The Machioness along with the nieces the Miss Pringles with whom Uncle seemed to be quite enraptured. They walked about the grounds came into the house and talked so graciously to Aunt Helen. Friday last was a day of great excitement in the Glen as such an affair as laying a foundation stone for a monument had never before occurred in Glenorchy. It was in memory of Duncan McIntyre, a Gaelic poet whose poems and songs perhaps you have heard sung. All the gentlemen in the neighbourhood with the committee from Glasgow walked in procession dressed in the Highland costume with a pair of bagpipes playing such delightful Gaelic airs that it added greatly to the charms of such an enchanting and memorable scene. Aunt Helen and I followed them in a carriage along with several English ladies of uncle's acquaintance so that we had a full view of the proceedings. After the ceremony of laying the stone was over the gentlemen returned to the hotel where a public dinner was got up for the occasion. Several very good speeches were delivered but I believe Uncle's got the most applause as being the ablest and most suitable speech for the night. Probably he will himself send you a newspaper with more accurate details. We had a number of them to breakfast on the Saturday morning and a constant influx of gentlemen