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had hunted, was quite overcome by his 

 feelings at parting with my companions ; 

 he wept like a child. A more generous, 

 warm-hearted, good-natured fellow, I 

 never met with. He had taken a great 

 fancy to us all, and after he had shaken 



P and W by the hand, made me 



promise to return with him to his cam- 

 pagne, where he undertook to give me 

 some tolerable partridge- shooting, not- 

 withstanding the season was so far ad- 

 vanced. 



I complied with his request, for I did 

 not intend to run down to Quimper until 

 the end of the month, as I was under an 



engagement to dine with Captain G 



and his family on Christmas-day. I accom- 

 panied my kind host to his chateau, where 

 we dined t^te-a-Ute ; and over our wine 

 he told me he had excellent sport in re- 

 serve for me : he talked of coveys by 

 dozens on his terrcy besides several others 



