AND LORD COCHRANE. 41 
intercourse. Huis external deportment is repul- 
sive rather than attractive; he is somewhat 
taciturn ; and it is difficult, in ordinary conver- 
sation, to discover the intelligence and informa- 
tion which he really possesses. He is turned 
of fifty years of age, tall and thin: his attitude 
is stooping, his hair red, his features strongly 
marked, and the expression of his countenance 
serious: his sparkling, lively eyes, concealed 
by overhanging eyebrows, are generally fixed 
on the ground, and seldom even raised to the 
person he is addressing. His lady forms a 
striking contrast with him: she is young, hand- 
some, lively in conversation, extremely amiable, 
and so devotedly attached to him, that she 
exposes her life to the greatest danger rather 
than leave his side, and has remained in his 
ship during all his battles in the South Ameri- 
can service. 
Cochrane frequently expressed to me a wish 
to enter the Russian service, in order to assist 
the Greeks, and fight the Turks. This object 
he has since attained by other means. War 
appears to be an indispensable necessity to his 
nature; and a dangerous struggle in a just 
