The old man was somewhat disheartened by this circumstance, and especially by the fate of Charles, head-clerk in the office of Mr.Henry Monteith, in Glasgow, who was pressed on board a man-of-war, and died soon after in the Mediterranean.

Only one son remained at home, Neil, the father of David, who eventually became a tea-dealer, and spent his life at Blantyre and Hamilton.

David Livingstone has told us that his father was of the high type of character portrayed in the _Cottar's Saturday Night_.

There are friends still alive who remember him well, and on whom he made a deep impression.

He was a great reader from his youth upward, especially of religious works.