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Church) he was a popular and influential 

 member, and we all regretted deeply his early 

 departure.' 



Of the time spent with the County militia 

 I have no record, my brother's ' Colonel ' and 

 life-long friend, Lord Exeter, who might have 

 furnished me with a few reminiscences of what 

 was a very pleasant period in the former's life, 

 having passed away. 



After Oxford days my brother paid visits 

 to friends, principally in Ireland and Devonshire, 

 and came back with memories of joyous days 

 spent amongst snipe, woodcock, and wildfowl. 

 Many were the anecdotes and songs, from Irish 

 or West Country sources, told and sung with 

 correct accent and inimitable humour. 



A few years later he carried his expeditions 

 further afield. His old friend, Professor Newton 

 of Cambridge, writes in his introduction to my 

 brother's book on ' British Birds ' : 



' In the summer of 1856 he was able to put 

 into execution the idea he had long cherished of 

 an extended yacht voyage to Southern Europe. 

 Embarking with a friend on the " Claymore," 

 they touched at various ports on the coast of 



