CHAPTER XVI.
1852.
Choice of a profession.—Love of literature and art.—Decision to make trial of both.—An equestrian tour.—Windermere.—Derwentwater.—I take lessons from Mr. J. P. Pettitt.—Ulleswater.—My horse turf.—Greenock, a discovery.—My unsettled cousin.—Glasgow.—Loch Lomond.—Inverary.—Loch Awe.—Inishail.—Inmstrynich.—Oban.—A sailing excursion.—Mull and Ulva.—Solitary reading.