one day this summer when walking round their garden with him she said
the caterpillars had eaten all their gooseberry trees; "I mean the
gooseberry _leaves_," she added. Sir Andrew immediately said, "I am glad
you are particular to say what is exactly true"; but, she added, there
was always _something_ to remember in everything he said. With regard to
another point, a clergyman who knew Sir Andrew very intimately once told
me that "No man of this century had a more keenly religious mind; he was
so saturated with thoughts of God and so convinced that God had spoken
to man. He was intensely religious, with a profound sense of the
supernatural; he certainly was a great example to very busy men in the
way he always managed to find time for church, and even when called away
to a distance he would, if possible, go to a church near where he
happened to be." In addition to these qualities, he was very just,
sympathetic, and generous.

[Illustration: CAMFIELD HOUSE, ESSENDON.
_From a Photo. by Mavor & Meredith._]

I have come across many friends who knew him well, and it is interesting
to note that the same cardinal points seem to have struck everyone as
the key-notes of his life. In almost identical words each one speaks of
his strong faith, his strict veracity, and his intense devotion to duty.
One of his old friends said to me the other day: "_Nothing_ would tempt
Clark away from what he thought right; his conscientiousness was
unbounded."

His love of metaphysics, combined with a very high motive, made him
naturally interested in the _whole_ man--body, mind, and spirit. To
quote the words of a well-known bishop: "It was his intrepid honesty
which was so valuable a quality. In Sir Andrew Clark men felt that he