| Description | Rec[eive]d at Rotterdam, 20 Dec. 1817 Return home. Mr Frere and Mr Barker not arrived. Sir Isaac Coffin at Soho. Mr Treviranus there getting his new Engine. Remittance from Mr Miller's Estate. Death of Mrs Galton, Mr De Luc etc. etc. Kindness received from friends at Edinburgh; [he has been introduced to Walter Scott and others]. Frosty weather succeeded by rain. Urges my return. Account of the passage of the Tug Boat around the Orkneys to Leith. |