M'Ian is the finest specimen of a highlander that the book contains. The customs feelings and superstitions of the Celt are well described and so is the rise progress and wealth of the city of Glasgow and its suburbs. I am now reading the Life in a Cloister of Charles 5th. Collected some grass seed Hokianga a tufty grass suited for a dry climate I fancy it has a deep tap root. The Buffalo grass grows on all soils. And spreads at the rate of 8 yards in the season. The Doorba grass prefers light sandy soil to spread its shoots. Those grasses are of great value