CHAPTER XII. 



SUCCESS OF THE SONG. 



Dibdin's Song — Dibdin and the Squire' good fellows well met — 

 Moody a Character after Dibdin's own heart — The Squire's 

 Gift — Incledon — The Shropshire Fox-hunters on the Stage at 

 Drury Lane. 



The reader will have perceived that George Forester 

 and Charles Dibdin were good fellows well met, and 

 that no two men were ever better fitted to appreciate 

 each other. Like the popular monarch of the time, 

 each prided himself upon being a Briton ; each 

 admired every new distinguishing trait of nationality, 

 and gloried in any special development of national 

 pluck and daring. No one more than Mr. Forester 

 was ready to endorse that charming bit of history 

 Dibdin gave of his native land in his song of " The 

 snug little Island," or would join more heartily in 

 the chorus : — 



" Search the globe round, none can be found 

 So happy as this little island." 



