ess, as I shall want some
more money to bring me home. So pray do not let the credit be
withdrawn. What a blessing it is to have money, but how
cautious people ought to be not to waste it. Pray remember me
most kindly to our good friend Mr. Hills. Send the Harveys the
pheasant as usual with my kind regards. I think you should
write to Mr. Dalton of Bury telling him that I have been
unwell, and that I send my kind regards and respects to him. I
send dear Hen a paper in company with this, in which I have
enclosed specimens of the heather, the moss and the fern, or
'raineach,' of Mull.--God bless you both,

GEORGE BORROW.

Do not delay in sending the order. Write at the same time
telling me how you are.

To Mrs. George Borrow, 39 Camperdown Terrace, Yarmouth, Norfolk

INVERNESS, _Nov. 7th, 1858._

DEAR CARRETA,--After I wrote to you I walked round Mull and
through it, over Benmore. I likewise went to Icolmkill, and
passed twenty-four hours there. I saw the wonderful ruin and
crossed the island. I suffered a great deal from hunger, but
what I saw amply repaid me; on my return to Tobermory I was
rather unwell, but got better. I was disappointed in a passage
to Thurso by sea, so I was obliged to return to this place by
train.[196] On Tuesday, D. V., I shall set out on foot, and
hope to find your letter awaiting me at the post office at
Thurso. On coming hither by train I nearly lost my things. I
was told at Huntly that the train stopped ten minutes, and
meanwhile the train drove off _purposely_; I telegraphed to
Keith in order that my things might be secured, describing
where they were, under the seat. The reply was that there was
nothing of the kind there. I instantly said that I would bring
an action against the company, and walked off to the town,
where I stated the facts to a magistrate, and gave him my name
and address. He advised me to bring my action. I went back and
found the people frightened. They telegraphed again--and the
reply was that the things were safe. There is nothing like
setting oneself up sometimes. I was terribly afraid I should
never again find my books and things. I, however, got them, and
my old umbrella, too. I was sent on by the mail train, but lost
four hours, besides undergoing a