A cragsman's death--Providential escape--Property in Leith--First sight of Edinburgh--Peter M'Craw--Niddry Woods--Researches among the Coal Measures, 296 CHAPTER XV. A worthy Seceder--The hero of the squad--Apology for fanaticism--Strikes--Recollections of the theatre, 321 CHAPTER XVI. Great fires in Edinburgh--Dr. Colquhoun--Dr. M'Crie--Return to the North--Stanzas written at sea--Geological dreams, 348 CHAPTER XVII. Religious phases--True centre of Christianity--Bearing of geology upon theological belief--Delicate health--A gipsy wedding, 373 CHAPTER XVIII. Convalescence--Pursuit of algeology--Jock Gordon--Theory of idiocy--Mr. Stewart of Cromarty, 395 CHAPTER XIX. Stone-cutting at Inverness--A jilted lover--The _Osars_--Death of Uncle James--Farewell letter from William Ross, 416 CHAPTER XX. Publication of poems--Newspaper criticisms--Walsh the lecturer--Enlarged circle of friends--Miss Dunbar of Boath, 435 CHAPTER XXI. Arenaceous formations--Antiquity of the earth--Tremendous hurricane--_Loligo Vulgare_--Researches amid the Lias--Interesting discoveries, 457 CHAPTER XXII. Religious controversies--Ecclesiastical dispute--Cholera--Preventive measures--Reform Bill, 474 CHAPTER XXIII. Visitors in the churchyard--The Ladies' Walk--First interview--Friendship--Love--Second visit to Edinburgh--Linlithgow Bank--Favourable reception of "Scenes and Legends"--Marriage, 497 CHAPTER XXIV. Married life at Cromarty--Ichthyolitic deposit of Old Red Sandstone--Correspondence with Agassiz and Murchison--Happy evenings--Death of eldest child, 522 CHAPTER XXV. Voluntary principle--Position of the Establishment--Letter to Lord Brougham--Invitation to Edinburgh--Editorship of the _Witness_--Introduction to Dr. Chalmers--Visit from an old friend--Removal to Edinburgh, 541 TO THE READER.