two equal parts, sat the congregation, devoutly listening to their
minister, who stood before them on what might well be called a small
natural pulpit of living stone.... Divine service was closed, and a
row of maidens, all clothed in purest white, arranged themselves at
the foot of the pulpit, with the infants about to be baptized.

"The fathers of the infants, just as if they had been in their own
Kirk, had been sitting there during worship, and now stood up before
the minister.... Some of the younger ones in that semicircle kept
gazing down into the pool, in which the whole scene was reflected;
and now and then, in spite of the grave looks or admonishing whispers
of their elders, letting a pebble fall into the water, that they
might judge of its depth from the length of time that elapsed before
the clear air-bells lay sparkling on the agitated surface."--Vide
"_Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life_."


155. _His Most Gracious Majesty William the Fourth_. H.E. Dawe. The King
in his state robes: the likeness is excellent.

156. _The Grecian Choirs at the Temple of Apollo_. A sweet composition by
W. Linton, from Petrarch; "representing the passage of the Choirs across
the narrow strait between Delos and Rhenia, by a bridge magnificently
decorated with gold and garlands, rich stuffs and tapestry," the splendour
of which is enhanced by the brightness of a summer's morning.

162. "_In peace love tunes the Shepherd's reed_," a pretty composition
from this line by Scott, painted by Mrs. John Hakewill. A rustic boy and
girl are seated beneath a woody bank: the intent expression of the boy
playing the pipe and of the listening girl are really delightful.