during a visit to the late Lord Ashburton at the Grange, caught
sight of Macaulay's face in unwonted repose, as he was turning
over the pages of a book. "I noticed," said he, "the homely Norse
features that you find everywhere in the Western Isles, and I
thought to myself 'Well! Anyone can see that you are an honest
good sort of fellow, made out of oatmeal.'"

Several of John Macaulay's children obtained position in the
world. Aulay, the eldest by his second wife, became a clergyman
of the Church of England. His reputation as a scholar and
antiquary stood high, and in the capacity of a private tutor he
became known even in royal circles. He published pamphlets and
treatises, the list of which it is not worth while to record, and
meditated several large works that perhaps never got much beyond
a title. Of all his undertakings the one best deserving
commemoration in these pages was a tour that he made into
Scotland in company with Mr. Thomas Babington, the owner of
Rothley Temple in Leicestershire, in the course of which the
travellers paid a visit to the manse at Cardross. Mr. Babington
fell in love with one of the daughters of the house, Miss Jean
Macaulay, and married her in 1787. Nine years afterwards he had
an opportunity of presenting his brother-in-law Aulay Macaulay
with the very pleasant living of Rothley.

Alexander, another son of John Macaulay, succeeded his father as
minister of Cardross. Colin went into the Indian army, and died a
general. He followed the example of the more ambitious among his
brother officers, and exchanged military for civil duties. In
1799 he acted as secretary to a political and diplomatic
Commission which accompanied the force that marched under General