spects, he for a long time hesitated; but Dr.
Easton having informed the Managers of the Institution, that there
was a possibility of their obtaining a professor, so eminently
qualified as Dr. Garnett, they, after making further inquiry
concerning him, offered it to him in so handsome a manner, that,
although the situation was by no means likely to be productive of so
much emolument as the plan of life he had lately been pursuing, he
yielded to their proposal, strengthened as it was by the earnest
solicitation of Mrs. Garnett, who felt considerable apprehension at
the thoughts of going to America, and consented to accept of the
professorship.

He began his lectures at Glasgow in November 1796, and a short
account of them may be found in his Tour to the Highlands, vol. ii.
p. 196. The peculiar clearness with which he was wont to explain the
most difficult parts of science, together with the simplicity of the
terms he employed, rendered his lectures particularly acceptable to
those who had not been initiated in the technical terms, generally
used on such occasions. Every thing he delivered might easily be
understood by those who had not previously attended to the subject;
and of consequence, all who had been disgusted, or frightened by the
difficulties they had before met with, or imagined, were eager to
receive his instructions; and the audience he obtained, was much more
numerous, than either the trustees, or himself, had deemed probable.

When the session was completed, he repaired to Liverpool for the
purpose of fulfilling a promise he had formerly given to his friends,
to repeat his course of lectures in that town. Mrs. Garnett, in the
mean time, remained at Kirkby Lonsdale, where he joined her as soon
as his lectures were finished. He spent the latter part of the summer
chiefly in botanical pursuits, and returned to Glasgow in the autumn,
when he made known his intention of practising as a physician.
Fortune continued to favour him, his reputation increased, and he
rapidly advanced towards the first professional situation in Glasgow.

In July 1798, he began his Tour to the Highlands, an account of which
he published in 1800, and having returned to his duties in the
Institution, the success of his lectures suffered no interruption,
but whilst he was reaping the benefit due to his industry and his
talents, his happiness received a blow, which was irrecoverable, by
the loss of his wife, who died in child birth, Dece