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for his trip ; and, of course, after the example of his noble master and 

 his huntsman, he was punctual to his time to return. 



But it is now time that I should think of moving, and I must take a 

 peep into my almanack to assist my memory on that point. But in the 

 autumn of the year, no man can say exactly w hen he can quit Calais for 

 England, as, barring the samiel of the desert, or the sirocco, we have 

 every description of climate here, and often on the same day. A most 

 desperate equinoctial gale, however, causing a great loss of life on this 

 coast, prevented my embarking by a week so soon as I intended ; and 

 even the stupendous power of steam could scarcely face it when I did. 

 Nevertheless, after a touch-and-go on the bar, which produced something 

 like a view-holloa from the ladies, and the very disagreeable view of a 

 steamer in great danger, on the shore, I arrived at Dover on the 30th of 

 October, somewhat afflicted with the maladie de mer, a further descrip- 

 tion of which may very readily be dispensed with. 



A good fire and some comfortable refreshment at the London Hotel 

 soon made " all right," as we say on the road, and as the guests in the 

 coffee-room consisted of only two Irish gentlemen and myself, we very soon, 

 after the fashion of the continent, ''joined cry," as we say in the field. 

 One of them it appeared resided in the same county (Lowth) in which the 

 late Sir Harry Goodricke's property was situated, and he mentioned 

 several interesting circumstances relating to that very celebrated English 

 sportsman, some of which set forth, in a strong light, not only the loss 

 that county sustained by his death, in the cessation of the improvements 

 he was making on his estate, but also the causa causce of half the misery 

 of Ireland in the absence of their nobility and gentry. One anecdote of 



