marriage--Sir William Osler. Also, he wore the King's
uniform and served in the present war.

This John Eckford, accompanied by his two daughters, the mother being
dead, his sister, her husband who bore the name of Chisholm, and their
numerous children emigrated to Canada, May 28th, 1851, in the ship
'Clutha' which sailed from the Broomielaw bound for Quebec. The consort,
'Wolfville', upon which they had originally taken passage, arrived in
Quebec before them, and lay in the stream, flying the yellow flag of
quarantine. Cholera had broken out. "Be still, and see the salvation of
the Lord," were the words of the family morning prayers.

In the 'Clutha' also came as passengers James and Mary Gow; their
cousin, one Duncan Monach; Mrs. Hanning, who was a sister of Thomas
Carlyle; and her two daughters. On the voyage they escaped the usual
hardships, and their fare appears to us in these days to have been
abundant. The weekly ration was three quarts of water, two ounces of
tea, one half pound of sugar, one half pound molasses, three pounds
of bread, one pound of flour, two pounds of rice, and five pounds of
oatmeal.

The reason for this migration is succinctly stated by the head of the
house. "I know how hard it was for my mother to start me, and I wanted
land for my children and a better opportunity for them." And yet his
parents in their time appear to have "started" him pretty well, although
his father was obliged to confess, "I never had more of this world's
goods than to bring up my family by the labour of my hands honestly,
but it is more than my Master owned, who had not where to lay His head."
They allowed him that very best means of education, a calmness of the
senses, as he herded sheep on the Cheviot Hills. They put him to the
University in Edinburgh, as a preparation for the ministry, and supplied
him with ample oatmeal, peasemeal bannocks, and milk. In that great
school of divinity he learned the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin; he studied
Italian, and French under Surenne, him of blessed memory even unto this
day.

John Eckford in 1839 married Margaret Christie, and he went far afield
for a wife, namely from Newbiggin in Forfar, where for fourteen years
he had his one and only charge, to Strathmiglo in Fife. The marriage was
fruitful and a happy one, although there is a hint in the record of some
religious difference upon which one would like to dwell if the subject
were not too esoteric for this generation. The m