few verses from one of the Gospels, explaining the verses as he read
them. Then they all knelt down together, and Mr. George made a short and
simple prayer, asking God to take care of them all during the day, to
guard them from every danger, to make them kind and considerate towards
each other, and towards all around them, and to keep them from every
species of sin.

This was the way in which Mr. George always commenced the duties of the
day, when travelling with Rollo, whether there were any other persons in
company or not; and a most excellent way it was, too. Besides the
intrinsic propriety of coming in the morning to commit ourselves to the
guardian care and protection of Almighty God, especially when we are
exposed to the vicissitudes, temptations, and dangers that are always
hovering about the path of the traveller in foreign lands, the influence
of such a service of devotion, brief and simple as it was, always proved
extremely salutary on Rollo's mind, as well as on the minds of those who
were associated with him in it. It made them more gentle, and more
docile and tractable; and it tended very greatly to soften those
asperities which we often see manifesting themselves in the intercourse
of boys with each other.

When the devotional service was finished, Mr. George sent the boys down
stairs, to make arrangements for breakfast. In about half an hour Rollo
came up to say that breakfast was ready in the coffee room, and Mr.
George went down.

After breakfast Mr. George took the valise, and the boys took the other
parcels of baggage, and they all went over the bridge to the railway
station. They waited here a short time, until at length the train came.
They would have walked on to the pier, where the boat in which they were
going to embark was lying, but it was beginning to rain a little, and
Mr. George thought it would be better to wait and go in the cars. The
distance was not more than a quarter of a mile, and the boys were quite
curious to know what the price of the tickets would be, for such a short
ride. They found that they were threepence apiece.

The train came very soon, bringing with it several little parties of
tourists, that were going into the Highlands. They all seemed greatly
chagrined and disappointed at finding that it was beginning to rain.

When the train stopped opposite the pier, the passengers hurried across
the pier, and over the plank, on board the boat. The rain was falling
fast, and ev