CHAPTER XVII.
1853.
A journal.—Self-training.—Attempts in periodical literature.—The time given to versification well spent.—Practical studies in art.— Beginning of Mr. Ruskin's influence.—Difficulty in finding a master in landscape-painting.—Establishment of the militia.—I accept a commission.—Our first training.—Our colonel and our adjutant.—The Grand Llama.—Paying off the men.