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turning to his brother, said that he must give 

 Dick up as incorrigible. 



In his latter days Dick became very ill, and 

 sent for Dr. Symonds from Oxford. When he 

 came Dick said to him : '' Doctor, I have a bit of 

 money and no one my very near kin ; if you will 

 undertake my case and attend to me, you may as 

 well have some of it as any one else." The 

 doctor took the hint and did his best, and pleased 

 Dick's friends very much by relieving him, thereby 

 prolonging his life. The gentlemen from the club 

 used to go down every evening, after hunting, 

 before they dressed for dinner, to tell Dick the 

 events of the day. 



All the family lived to a great age, except Jack, 

 who was the only one who married. Dick said he 

 married a woman who kept an inn, and Jack got 

 too near the barrel ! 



I have bought horses from all parts of England 

 and Ireland, but none better than those purchased 

 from Painter, which came out of South Wales, 

 Herefordshire, and Shropshire. The softest 

 horse I ever bought in my life I obtained from 

 Ireland, where he had been the property of a 

 priest ; and although, in deference to his late 

 owner, I named him His Reverence, he was a 

 cur ! 



