Ulinish. Swift's Lord Orrery. Defects as well at virtues the proper fubject of biography, though the life be written by a friend. Studied conclufions of letters. Whether allowable in dying men to maintain refentment to the laft. Inftructions for 238 writing the lives of literary men. Fingal denied to be genuine, and pleafantly ridiculed. September 23. Further difquifition concerning Fingal. Eminent men difconcerted by a new mode of pub lick appearance. Garrick. Mrs. Montague's Effay on Shakspeare. Perfons of consequence watched in London. Learning of the Scots from 1550 to 1650. The arts of civil life little known in Scotland till the Union. Life of a failor. The folly of Peter the Great in working in a dock-yard, Arrive at Talifker, Prefbyterian clergy deficient in learning. September 24. French hunting. Young Col. Dr. Birch. Dr. Percy. Lord Hailes. Hiftorical impartiality, Whiggifm unbecoming in a clergyman. September 25. Every island a prison. 243 256 A Sky cottage. Return to Corrichatachin, Good fellowship carried to excefs. 259 September 26. Morning review of last night's intemperance. Old Kingfburgh's Jacobite fong. Lady Margaret Macdonald adored in Sky. views of the same subject at different times. September 27. Dr Johnson's popularity in the Different Self 263 Isle of Sky. His good-humoured gaiety with a High 266 land lady. September 28. Ancient Irish pride of family. Dr. Johnfon on threshing and thatching. Dangerous to increase the price of labour. Arrive at Oftig. Dr. McPherson's Latin poetry. 268 September 29. Reverend Mr. McPherson. Shenftone. Hammond. Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. 273 September September 30. Mr. Burke the first man every where. Very moderate talents requifite to make a figure in the House of Commons. Dr. Young. Dr. Dod ridge. Increase of infidel writings fince the acceffion of the Hanover family. Gradual impreffion made by Dr. Johnfon. Particular minutes to be kept of our ftudies. 275 October 1. Dr. Johnson not answerable for all the words in his Dictionary. Attacks on authors useful to them. Return to Armidale. October 2. 279 Old manners of great families in Wales. German courts. Goldfmith's love of talk. Emi gration. Curious ftory of the people of Saint Kilda. October 3. Epictetus on the voyage of death. for Mull. A ftorm. Driven into Col. 281 Sail 285 October 4. Dr. Johnson's mode of living in the Temple. His curious appearance on a fheltie. Nature 291 of fea-fickness. Burnet's Hiftory of his own Times. Difference between dedications and hiftories. October 5. People may come to do any thing by talking of it. The Reverend Mr. Hector Maclean. Bayle. Leibnitz and Clarke. Survey of Col. Infular life. Arrive at Breacacha. Dr. Johnson's powers of ridicule. 293 October 6. The opinion of Heritable jurifdictions. philofophers concerning happiness in a cottage, confidered. Advice to landlords. October 7. ment. 299 Books the beft folace in a state of confine 302 October 8. Pretended brother of Dr. Johnson. No redrefs for a man's name being affixed to a foolish work. Lady Sidney Beauclerk. Carte's Life of the Duke of Ormond. Col's cabinet. Letters of the great Montrofe. Present state of the island of Col. October 9. Dr. Johnson's avidity for a variety of books. Improbability ib, Improbability of a Highland tradition. Dr. John fon's delicacy of feeling. 310 313 October 10. Dependence of tenants on landlords. October 11. 314 fon's high opinion of the former. October 12. Return to Mr. M'Sweyn's. Other fuperftitions befide thofe connected with religion. Dr. Johnfon difgufted with coarfe manners. culiar habits. October 13. Buftle not neceffary to dispatch. food not of the Scotch alone. Arrive in Mull. His pe ib. Oats the 317 October 14. Addifon's Remarks on Italy. Addison not much converfant with Italian literature. The French mafters of the art of accommodating literature. Their Ana. Racine. Corneille. Moliere. Fenelon. Voltaire. Boffuet. Maffillon. Bourdaloue. Virgil's defcription of the entrance into hell, compared to a printinghouse, 318 Odober 15. Erfe poetry. Danger of a knowledge of mufick. The propriety of fettling our affairs fo as to be always prepared for death. Religion and literary attainments not to be described to young perfons as too hard. Reception of the travellers in their progrefs. Spence. OЯober 16. Mifs Maclean. Account of Mull. 324 The value of an oak walking-ftick in the Hebrides. Arrive at Mr. M'Quarrie's in Ulva. Captain Macleod. Second Sight. Mercheta Mulierum, and Borough-English. The grounds on which the fale of an estate may be fet afide in a court of equity. 329 October 17. Arrive at Inchkenneth. Sir Allan Maclean and his daughters. None but theological books fhould be read on Sunday. Dr. Campbell. Dr. Johnson exhibited as a Highlander. Thoughts on on drinking. Dr. Johnfon's Latin verfes on Inchkenneth. 334 October 18. Young Col's various good qualities. No extraordinary talents requifite to fuccefs in trade. Dr. Solander. Mr. Burke. Dr. Johnfon's intrepidity and prefence of mind. the islands of Col and Otaheité. on young Col. Credulity of foreign countries. October 19. Death of young Col. Dr. Johnfon flow of belief without ftrong evidence. La credulité des incredules. Coaft of Mull. Nun's Ifland. Paft fcenes pleafing in recollection. Land on Icolm kill. October 20. Singular cuftom in Further elogium a Frenchman in 338 342 Sketch of the ruins at Icolmkill. Influ ence of folemn fcenes of piety. Feudal authority 347 in the extreme. Return to Mull. October 21. Pulteney. Pitt. Walpole. Pitt. Walpole. Mr. Wilkes, English and Jewish hiftory compared. Scotland compofed of ftone and water, and a little earth. Turkish Spy. Dreary ride to Lochbuy. Defcrip tion of the laird. 351 October 22. Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. Johnfon, and rejected. Lochbuy's war-saddle. Sail to 355 Oban. October 23. Goldfmith's Traveller. Pope and Cowley compared. Archibald Duke of Argyle. Arrive at Inveraray. Dr. Johnson drinks fome whisky, and affigns his reafon. Letter from the authour to Mr. Garrick. Mr. Garrick's answer. October 24. Specimen of Ogden on Prayer. Hervey's Meditations. Dr. Johnfon's Meditation on a Pudding. Country neighbours. The authour's vifit at the castle of Inveraray. Perverse oppofition to. the influence of Peers in Ayrshire. 357 363 Duke of thour thour poffeffes himself in an embarraffing fituation. Honourable Archibald Campbell on a middle flate. The old Lord Townfhend. Question concern 369 ing luxury. Nice trait of character. Good principles and bad practice. October 26. A paffage in Home's Douglas, and one in Juvenal, compared. Neglect of religious buildings in Scotland. Arrive at Sir James Colquhoun's 375 October 27. dered. Arrive at Mr. Smollet's. Dr. Johnson's prayer confi 378 October 28. Dr. Smollet's Epitaph. Dr. Johnson's wonderful memory. His alacrity during the Tour, Arrive at Glafgow. 381 Attention of the pro 385 October 30. Dinner at the Earl of Loudoun's. Character of that nobleman. Arrive at Treefbank. October 31. November 1. 387 Sir John Cunningham of Caprington. 388 Countefs of Eglintoune. Caftle of Dundonald. Alexander Earl of Eglintoune. 389 November 2. Arrive at Auchinleck. Character of Lord Auchinleck. His idea of Dr. Johnson. 39 November 3. Dr. Johnson's fentiments concerning the Highlands. Mr. Harris of Salisbury. 393 November 4. Auchinleck, Cattle without horns. Compofure of mind how far attainable. 395 November 5 Dr. Johnson's high refpect for the English clergy. 398 November 6. Lord Auchinleck and Dr. Johnfon in collifion. November 7. Dr. Johnfon's uniform piety. of prefbyterian worship. ib. His diflike 400 November |