CHAP. I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 73 



1818. 



Feb. 28. in the destruction of the diabolical 

 usurpation, which has trampled on 

 king as well as people. 



March 1. Rain. Dined with my old friend 

 SEVERNE, an honest Norfolk man, 

 who used to carry his milk about 

 the streets, when I first knew him, 

 but, who is now a man of consider 

 able property, and, like a wise man, 

 lives in the same modest house 

 where he formerly lived. Excellent 

 roast beef and plum pudding. At 

 his house I found an Englishman, 

 and, from Botley too ! I had been 

 told of such a man being in Phila 

 delphia, and that the man said, that 

 he had heard of me, " heard of such 

 a gentleman, but did not know much 

 of him'' This was odd ! I was 

 desirous of seeing this man. Mr. 

 SEVERNE got him to his house. 

 His name is VERE. I knew him the 

 moment I saw him ; and, I won 

 dered why it was that he knew so 

 little of me. I found, that he wanted 

 work, and that he had been assisted 

 by some society in Philadelphia. 

 He said he was lame, and he might 

 be a little, perhaps. I offered him 



