states that "at one
time there could not have been many less than four thousand people
in the procession;" whilst another journal says, that although the
inclemency of the weather, the day being one of the dreariest of
the season, "kept back many who would otherwise have swelled the
line of mourners, even with this drawback, it has been informed
that the attendance was even greater than on the occasion of the
funeral of Dr. Chalmers in 1847."

After a short delay, caused by these accessions to the procession,
the whole moved up the North Bridge. It was gratifying to observe
that nearly all the shops on the North and South Bridges, and in
Nicolson and Clerk streets, along which the _cortege_ passed, were
closed; and along the whole route many a saddened countenance and
tearful eye could be seen, all testifying to the deep respect
entertained for him whose manly form had so often traversed these
same streets.

On reaching the entrance of the Grange Cemetery, the coffin was
removed from the hearse, and borne shoulder high to the tomb,
followed by the pall-bearers and the general company. The ground
selected for the burial-place is the westmost space but one on the
northern side of the Cemetery, and in a line with the graves of Dr.
Chalmers, Sir Andrew Agnew, and Sheriff Speirs, with which it is in
close proximity. As many of our readers are aware, the situation is
one of surpassing scenic beauty, and was described by the
deceased's own matchless pen but a few years ago, on the occasion
of the burial of Chalmers; and certainly in the grave of Hugh
Miller a new feature of attraction has been added to the spot.

The pall-bearers were Mr. Miller's oldest son,--a boy about
fourteen years of age,--who was accompanied by his younger brother,
six or seven years old; Mr. A. Williamson, his half-brother and
nearest kinsman; Mr. Fairly, his partner in business; Rev. Dr.
Guthrie, Rev. Dr. Hanna, Mr. Dunlop, M.P., Mr. R. Paul, and
Principal Cunningham.

The mournful ceremony was now near its close. As the heavy, dull
sound, caused by the fall of the damp earth upon the coffin, fell
upon the ear, a sad and painful sensation crept over the frame,
increased as this was by the wintry aspect of the day and the heavy
leaden sky, which, like a pall, was sp