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not far from the castle. I said to him, that 

 it was almost worth while to be a Duke, to 

 have at his disposal so many opportunities of 

 enjoying one of the pleasantest of all pleasant 

 amusements on thisjside the grave. 



"I am quite sure, Sir," he replied, "that if 

 you were to write to him, he would be only 

 too glad to give you a few days' fishing." 

 "No," I said, "that would not do at all. From 

 the mere accident of my meeting you and your 

 fellow servants on board a steamer, and be- 

 coming good friends with you, would, I fear, 

 in the Duke's opinion, let him be as kind and 

 courteous a man, as, from what I have heard, 

 no doubt he is, be a very poor pretext indeed 

 for conferring upon me so great a favour, as 

 that of permitting me to fish, for a few days, 

 in one of his select rivers." 



I merely mention this to shew what good 

 friends the Duke's domestics and I had be- 

 come towards the end of our voyage. I heard, 

 almost accidentally, that the railway had just 



