" you, Mr. Coleman (as head of the depart- 

 " ment) would have repelled so calumnious a 

 i* charge ; or at least that you would see the ne- 

 " cessity of some reply/' but, alas * he was 

 doomed to disappointment — What, you, 



" High on a throne apart, superior raised" 



to condescend " to answer one so professionally 

 insignificant as Captain Blagrave" ! — 'twas out 



of nature your pen was reserved for higher 



themes— your movements " In all the majesty of 

 borrowed prose" for. an opponent worthy of you j 

 and your amiable advocate was left to himself. 

 But was there no understanding between you ? 

 — no friendly messenger to waft him your wishes? 

 — had no other means been attempted to answer 

 this formidable Prospectus ? — to detect fal- 

 lacy and error ? It appears not : so he, even 

 he, your cousin, " humble individual," as he 

 says, and as I make doubt he is, arises in his 

 might, sets on, and deals about his dirt with this 

 surprising vigor and dexterity. 



Now, Sir, to be serious for a moment, I think 

 it not impossible, and without the aid of divina- 

 tion, to supply a better reason than even pro- 

 fessional pride for your silence in this business: 

 Captain Blagrave's Prospectus, without at all 

 mincing the matter, tells you that " however he 

 " may admire and acknowledge your anatomicaJ 



