LORD LILFORD 



unintelligent, while his naive view of himself 

 and his family as the centre, and ' la ville ' as 

 the nonsuch of the world, amused us exceed- 

 ingly. 



My brother's good ear enabled him readily to 

 pick up some smattering of the Spanish patois, 

 as spoken in the provinces he visited. To a 

 bystander it was interesting to hear the jargon 

 of the Andalusian peasant understood, and to 

 a certain extent joined in by a stranger, who 

 found a pleasure in intercourse with the ' Hijos 

 de la tierra.' To the language of those 

 strange, wandering nomads, the Gypsies, he 

 was much attracted, and in later years of con- 

 finement to the house he amused himself with 

 the compilation of a glossary of the Romany 

 tongue. 



I do not propose to go into detailed accounts 

 of my brother's various absences from England, 

 or of his life when at home. Of his visits 

 abroad records remain in the natural history 

 articles to which I have already referred, 

 which, in addition to others of a later date, 

 contain the results of his careful observation. 

 He made several yachting expeditions in the 



