USE OF THE KEY BUGLE. 47 



horn only,' but very much doubts whether the rule was 

 rigidly enforced. ' Deadfall ' next takes part in the dis- 

 cussion, but only to indulge in an old man's pleasant 

 dreams and glorify the far-off past. He goes into a 

 rapture over the bugle. ' What memories does the mere 

 mention of the bugle call up ? I remember the^ time 

 when Goodwin (" Jack Goodwin " he was always called) 

 or either of the two Blights could stop the whole business 

 of a market by playing in magnificent style some really 

 good air just as the coach would be starting after a 

 change. I fancy I hear Goodwin playing " Or che in 

 cielo," from the opera of Marino Faliero while I am 

 writing this letter! It is a solo which every cornet- 

 player should get. I heard it on the bugle for the first 

 and only time in 1845. What a pity that so fine an 

 instrument should be supplanted ! It's " round " tone has 

 never yet been rivalled, and if ever I become a million- 

 aire I will have a band of my own with the lead on six 

 bugles. The appearance of a well-kept bugle was always 

 so good. W r hat could be handsomer than the black 

 shining copper of the instrument itself, and the inch ol 

 polished brass round the bell, and its seven bright keys ? 

 But I'm recalling old scenes and old days which, by-the- 

 bye, I have the temerity to compare in my own mind 

 with the present days of " progress," and I do not give 

 the preference to the latter. I have a key-bugle hanging 

 up in my sanctum, and I also have a cornopean quietly 

 reposing in its case under the bookshelves, but I cast 

 admiring looks at the fine old bugle, and shades of 

 Goodwin, the Blights, Mackintosh, and the leader in my 



