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the road, a sight which made me shudder: 

 fortunately no person was wounded. 



On all occasions he seemed to have little con- 

 sideration for the lives of his subjects, particularly 

 when following his sport in pursuit of animals; 

 yet it is said that he always provided comfortably 

 for such as were maimed, and for the families of 

 any that were killed ; and he seldom, and with 

 much reluctance, ordered any punishments. He 

 had a strong attachment to, and friendship for, 

 Colonel John Mordant x to whom he owed a 

 considerable sum of money ; and whenever the 

 Colonel asked for it, his answer was always the 

 same " No, no, my dear Mordant : if I were to 

 " pay you, you would go to England, which must 

 " not be. I cannot part with you ; every thing 

 " in the world that you can wish, you shall have 

 " here." 



In many points there was much similarity in 

 their characters. The Colonel was rather illite- 

 rate, and passionately fond of all kinds of spoil, 

 in most of which he excelled. He was the life of 

 all parties at Lucknow, possessing a vast deal of 

 ready wit, and inventive faculty ; scarcely a day 

 passing without his having contrived some new 



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