340 THE EULOGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



be quoted. His dependence on others, even 

 for the putting on of his clothes, his longing 

 for the sea-coast, which he thinks is certain to 

 do him good, his lament over the poverty 

 which, through no fault of his own, has 

 fallen upon him, fill up this melancholy 

 letter. Day and night there is no cessation 

 of pain. 



Help of all kinds was forthcoming from 

 friends whom one must not name : money, 

 the offer of a house on the sea-coast ; but there 

 was the difficulty of travelling. How was he to 

 be moved ? This difficulty was got over, and 

 he went to Bexhill for a time, returning to 

 Crowborough in September. The sea had 

 done him good. On the night of his return, 

 he enjoyed a tranquil sleep for some hours, 

 and awoke without pain. 



Among the letters sent to me by Mr. Scott 

 is one from a well-known physician who had 

 been consulted on the case. 



" There is no doubt," he says, "that there 

 is some tuberculous affection of his lungs, 

 though, so far as I have been able to make 



