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a blood-vessel. I rang the bell, and lay down on the 

 bed with my head on the edge of the dressing-table, 

 and I never moved it for twenty-four hours. Mr. 

 Shedden came up and sent for the doctor, who lived 

 close by. He was a capital good chap. They kept 

 giving me mouthfuls of iced water and lead pills, and 

 after a time bleeding ceased. My throat was full of 

 coagulated blood, so I roared like a horse. This 

 continued for several days. The doctor's assistant 

 was in the next room day and night. When he 

 heard me cough he rushed in and found I had spit 

 out the clot of blood, and there was no fresh return 

 of the bleeding. 



I remained at Lyndhurst till the 22nd of April. 

 I was awfully weak, but had no return of hemorrhage. 

 I went up to London to see Drs. Watson and Cutler. 

 They said I was to go abroad for the winter. 



During the summer I stayed some time with my 

 uncle, Sir Frederick Adam, at Richmond Park. 



I also went to Bolsover, to Bodelwyddan, Sir 

 John Williams' ; and to Newcastle, in Ireland, Mr. 

 King-Harman's, brother-in-law to Mrs. Hamilton 

 Gray, who was staying there with her daughter, and 

 we all went to Ballinasloe Fair. 



Will Skene left at the end of the season, and 

 while I was laid up at Lyndhurst Tom Clarke came 

 to see me, as he wanted a situation as first whip. 

 He was just leaving Mr. Villebois in the Craven 

 country. I had known him for some years, as he 

 was whipper-in to Captain Howarth, Master of the 

 Devon Hounds. 



