The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

2^0LETTERS, TRACTS, tlfc.to brighten the fouls of philofophers in this cultivatedage. Ill thefe noble iflands, one muft be entertainedwith many odd curioiities,' and fee and hear manythings that muft elevate his genius and refine his tafte.Mull, Egg, Barra, Tyrteulkin, Phi \ngmuggafes, Chu-.phichico, Challenza, Buttendwi, Phartattum, Gronckfort,Gripgoldom, Jura, Yehetna, Ronagat, Duntluni,Skie, Lewes, and many others. AVe are yet but learningtheir names; but hereafter they will be wellknown, and greatly reforted to by men of learningand tafte. To vifit them in order will be the grandpolite tour of modern times. Great alterations happenin the world : ^uid tibi vifa ChioSy Bullati noiaqueLejhos ; ^iid concinna Safnos, quid Craeji regia Sardis ?was of old the queftion put to a Roman gentlemanreturned from his travels. Now, a learned man hathccmpofed a poem, confifting of fifty-feven verfes, tobe addrefled to our colleague at liisreturn.Quid tibi vlfa Lew'ii, Bulhede, fan(5laque Kilda ;Quid concinna Southuift, quid Fingalis Regia Morven, &c.I wnll not inftrt the poem, nor fay any more atprefent about the delight and advantage which willbe derived from vifiting tlie Weftern Ifles. ' Our colleague'sprincipal aim m this' voyage is to enrich ourfacred poefy, and improve our churclimufic ; and wehave ground to hope he will fuccccd. We fmelledout fomething from the heirefs of ISIuck, who was inthis city fome weeks ago. The fcent was toa ftrongand favoury not to be purfued. Being fet upon aproper track, the intelligence Vv^e had got was confirmedby the fchoolmafter of Phlogbirch, and 11 illfurther by a devout and learned Highland divine, Mr.Macfribbie, who is minifter of Dronioch. "With tlictwo laft we keep up a conftant correfpondence. Allthe three agree, that in the ifiand of Pleyeip, Macfqueel,Clocfooti, Drumgrunt, or Crumyaau, may befound fomc hymns and oratorios, part of which oughtto have been inferted in the printed copy of the he-