calledso，Iscarcelyknowwhy；neitherloftyinthyselfnorbyposition，beingsituatedinaflatbottom；oblongstructureoftawnystone，withmanywindowsfencedwithironnetting-withthylonghallbelow，andthyfivechambersabove，forthereceptionofthefiveclasses，intowhichtheeighthundredurchinswhostyledtheeinstructressweredivided。Thylearnedrectorandhisfoursubordinatedominies；thystrangeoldporterofthetallformandgrizzledhair，hightBoee，anddoubtlessofNorseancestry，ashisnamedeclares；perhapsofthebloodofBuihinDigri，theheroofnorthernsong-theJomsborgVikingwhocloveThorsteinnMidlangrasunderinthedreadseabattleofHorungaVog，andwho，whenthefightwaslostandhisowntwohandssmittenoff，seizedtwochestsofgoldwithhisbloodystumps，and，springingwiththemintothesea，criedtothescantyrelicsofhiscrew，’Overboardnow，allBui’slads!’Yes，Irememberallaboutthee，andhowateightofeverymornwewereallgatheredtogetherwithoneaccordinthelonghall，fromwhich，afterthelitanieshadbeenreadforsoI
willcallthem，beinganEpiscopalian，thefiveclassesfromthefivesetsofbenchestrottedoffinlongfiles，oneboyaftertheother，upthefivespiralstaircasesofstone，eachclasstoitsdestination；andwelldoIrememberhowweofthethirdsathushedandstill，watchedbytheeyeofthedux，untilthedooropened，andinwalkedthatmodelofagoodScotchman，theshrewd，intelligent，butwarm-heartedandkinddominie，therespectableCarson。
AndinthisschoolIbegantoconstruetheLatinlanguage，whichI
hadneverdonebefore，notwithstandingmylonganddiligentstudyofLilly，whichillustriousgrammarwasnotusedatEdinburgh，norindeedknown。Greekwasonlytaughtinthefifthorhighestclass，inwhichmybrotherwas；asformyself，InevergotbeyondthethirdduringthetwoyearsthatIremainedatthisseminary。I
certainlyacquiredhereaconsiderableinsightintheLatintongue；