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on the whole, that what he saw pleased him. He

learnt that the "increase of American railways was fabulous," but did not apparently consider their solvency. "The railway," he says grandly, "is the friend of all," except, he might have added, the shareholder. However, the elevated lines did not please him. But what delighted him most was to find Seetchmen thriving in all parte. He is himself Scotch to the backbone, and it is a curious thing that almost all his jokes are of Scotch manufacture. Our relatives on the other side of the Atlantic must be hard to please if this testimonial to their excellence does not satisfy them.