106 CAVENDISH. 



any such experiment is wanting. His dress was 

 of the oldest fashion, a greyish green coat and waist- 

 coat, with flaps, a small cocked hat, and his hair 

 dressed like a wig (which possibly it was) with a thick 

 clubbed tail. His walk was quick and uneasy; of 

 course he never appeared in London unless lying 

 back in the comer of his carriage. He probably 

 uttered fewer words in the course of his life than any 

 man who ever lived to fourscore years, not at all 

 excepting the monks of La Trappe. 



Mr. Cavendish died on the 10th of March, 1810, 

 after a short illness, probably the first as well as the 

 last under which he ever suffered. His habit of 

 curious observation continued to the end. He was 

 desirous of marking the progress of disease, and the 

 gradual extinction of the vital powers. With this 

 view, that he might not be disturbed he desired to be 

 left alone. His servant returning sooner than he had 

 wished was ordered again to leave the chamber of 

 death, and when he came back a second time he found 

 his master had expired. 



