Note 129 — Chapter V · OPENING MANHOOD—1847 TO 1850—Æt. 16-19.

On this subject the following entry from Mrs. Morrieson’s Diary is of some interest:—“5th Deer. 1846.—L. and R. dined with Miss Cay. James Maxwell has been under her care during his father’s absence and has been suffering very much from toothache and earache, in consequence of cutting his eye-teeth—an extraordinary thing at 15.” To which may be added the following from his father’s Diary:—“1846, Sa., Dec. 12.—Jas. still affected by the tooth.... Took a short walk, and came back by Mr. Nasmith (dentist), and went in, and on consultation, got the tooth drawn at once—it was nicely and quickly done, and Jas. never winced.”