67 
to view that 
of 
the 
old oHicer. 
This was imme- 
diately done, and after a short examination, Major 
Halket exclaimed, " It is my father!" and fell back 
into the arms 
of 
his 
companions. 
The 
pioneers 
then dug a grave, 
bemg 
the bones 
and 
laid 
in 
it 
together, a highland plaid was spread over them, 
and they were interred with the customary honours. 
VIII. 
When 
Lord 
Grosvenor 
bought 
the 
picture 
of 
the 
death 
of 
W01 Fe, 
VVest 
men- 
tioned 
to 
him 
the 
Ending 
of 
the 
bones 
of 
Bra- 
dock's 
army 
85 
pictorial 
subject 
capable 
of 
with 
being managed 
great 
effect. 
The 
gloom 
of 
the vast forest, the naked and simple Indians sup- 
porting the skeleton s, 
of 
the grief 
the son 
OD 
cognizing 
the 
relics 
of 
his 
father, 
the 
subdued 
melancholy of the spectators, and the picturesque 
garb 
of 
the 
Pennsylvanian 
sharpshooters, 
doubtedly furnished topics capable of every effect 
which 
the 
pencil 
could 
bestow, 
the 
imagina- 
tion 
require 
in 
the 
treatment 
of 
SO 
sublime 
SCBHE. 
His 
Lordship 
admitted, 
in 
that 
POSSESS- 
ing 
SO 
affecting 
incident 
HS 
the 
discovery of 
the 
bones 
of 
the' 
Halkets, 
it 
W38 
superior 
BVEH 
to 
that 
of 
the 
search 
for 
th e 
remains 
of 
the