Note 54 — Chapter III · BOYHOOD—EDINBURGH ACADEMY—“OLD 31”—HOLIDAYS AT GLENLAIR—1841 TO 1844—ÆT. 10-13.
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Professor Tait. In the letter of January 18, 1840 (above, p. 33), in his ninth year, when, in speaking of his amusement of seal-engraving he says, “I made a bird and a beast,” the words “bird” and “beast” are each accompanied with a sort of hieroglyphic representing the figure he had made upon the seal.