that have been cannonised. This Island without the bleak cold of the Western Isles of Scotland or the heavy seas and violent gales of that part of the world bears many points of resemblance and may be to future generations what Iona or some of the Western Isles have been to the faith we now so highly reverence. March Wednesday 25. Finished reading Mr. Smith's visit to Skye an amusing book well written, full of anecdote and observation. It gives a good picture of life in the highlands and delineates character with great fidelity