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entertain his guests, but upon their arrival was too 

 unwell to greet them. Still, upon their return from 

 the course, he insisted on receiving them, sitting in 

 his garden-chair, in which he had been wheeled upon 

 the lawn in front of the house. 



Soon after the races his Grace returned to London 

 on his way to Gordon Castle, where it was hoped the 

 Highland air might prove beneficial, which hopes for 

 a time were realized, but were not destined long to 

 continue. Sir James Clark having been summoned, 

 found his Grace so ill that he recommended immediate 

 removal by easy stages to London, which was accom- 

 plished, but not without great fatigue to the patient. 

 In Portland Place he was under the care of Sir James 

 Clark and Dr. Hair (the latter his faithful friend and 

 medical attendant, by whom, as already narrated, 

 there is but little doubt his life was saved after the 

 battle of Orthez). By these two eminent men all 

 that human aid could afford was done, and for a time 

 after his arrival in London an improvement in most 

 of his symptoms was observed. But an attack of gout 

 supervened, which greatly reduced his strength. This 

 was about the 13th of October. On the 19th he was 

 in so weak a state that it caused the greatest alarm. 

 The excessive weakness continued, till on Sunday, the 

 21st, after a restless night, the Duke passed away 

 about 1.45 p.m., in the presence of his family. 



It is the lot of few to be so sincerely mourned as 



