time that is left me endeavour to obtain remission of my numerous sins and pray to the Almighty that if spared for another year I shall be found a better a wiser and more sincere Christian. This is a day of great enjoyment and festivity in Scotland as a contrast to the enjoyment of home at this season of rejoicing I will word my avocations of today and leave it for some one else to draw their comparison between the two countries in their change of entertainments. At 1/2 past 4 a.m. got up went