a letter accompanies this portrait from Irwen R Jewitt , it reads " Thalloch 9th March 1891 / My Dear Mr Goss / Yesterday being Sunday and being very wet and cold , I never went out but went through a lot of letters and papers and send you the resuts herewith . I hope there will be some ites of sufficient interest and reward you for the very great touble of examining them. I havent the least doubt that there is a large proportion useless matter among them.