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JOHN OALT
OHN Galt, writer, musician, merchant and organizer, was
born in 1779 in the town of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
ilHis father was a sea -captain, the master of a vesel sailing
between the Clyde and the West Indies. Him mother, whose
genius and talent Galt seems to have inherited, is described as
"a woman, shrewd, observant, full
of humor, and quaintly
original in her powers of expression."
As a Ltd Galt was of a sensitive nature, not given to the
active, outdoor sports of other boys, but fond of flowers, and
gardening, and, as he became older, given to spending much
time in reading.
On leaving school he entered the Greenock Customs
lionise; after a short time there, he allied himself with the mer-
cantile house of James Miller and Company, with whom he
remained some years. In 1804 he determined to try his for-
tunes in London. Although well supplied with letters of in-
troduction, it took some time to find a suitable opening in the
metropolis, And while waiting he spent the interval in literary
work. Ile made two or three business ventures in London, but
they did not prove particularly successful, and his health be-
coming unsatisfaetory he went abroad in an effort to re-estab-
lish it. Ile travelled through the Mediterranean, visiting
Gibraltar, Greece and Tuk on and Eight) an acquaintance
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Born hi Scotland In 1792
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1Inanished hlrnself At an authority!' man
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OH. WILLI.kM DUNLOP
DI;. William1)inilop..lohn Gales friend and associate, the
eccentric bachelor owlfer of "Gairbraid,'' was horn in
Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1792. Ile wast of pure
Scottish anee*try". One of his forbears wits principal of Glas-
gow University, another of the family was lecturer on Greek
at Ellinburgh University, while Jane Welsh Carlyle was a
rough'.
Dunlop finished his education by taking a medical course,
at Edinburgh and in 1121:1 eame to Canada as army surgeon
with the famous "Connaught Rangers." Ile distinguisheol
himself in the army, not only by his metlieal akill, but by his
courage and daring under fire, searehitrg root the wounded, and
carrying them on his broad shoulders tet safety in spite of the
whistling of bullets all about him. -
At the close Of the campaign in Canada Ise was ordered to
Nadia, where his exploits earned for him the name "Tiger"
11'islop• which clung to him during his life. The atory goes
that when boating on the Ganges one of his party seized a
young tiger cub, When the infnriatcd mother came plunging
toward the boat Dunlop coolly threw the contents of Ilk snuff-
box in her (nee and then despatched her with his sword.
From India he returned to Edinburgh, an officer on half -
pay, became a lecturer on me+lieal jurispriidenee in Edinburgh
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