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mother, who had been estranged from rae by misre- 

 presentation, sent me an invitation, and I frequently- 

 visited them : when the season for angling came on, 

 I bought a general rod, &c., and there being a great 

 many perch, at that time, in some of my old fishing 

 places I renewed my acquaintance with angling by 

 very good sport in taking perch. 



My orthography of the name Bonaparte may, to 

 some, appear erroneous ; but I think it is the correct 

 way. In the " Biographie Universelle ,'* it is said, 

 that T^apoleon the First left out the *' u," which had 

 been used by his father, as he wished it to be thought 

 he was more of French origin. Of this there can be 

 little doubt. 



When Edward the Third obtained a grant, or pro- 

 bably forced from the clergy a ninth of their incomes 

 for two years, to enable him to prosecute his wars, 

 he did not consider that the clergy had acted honestly 

 by him, and therefore, on a reimposition of the tax, 

 in 1340, the king would nat accept the returns 

 of income made by the clergy themselves, but caused 

 assessors and venditors to be appointed, who were 

 to cause the principal parishioners in eveiy parish, 

 on their oaths, to deliver an account af the annual 

 value, and sources of the income of their respec- 

 tive churches ; the records of those valuations, with, 

 in most instances, the names of the jurors^ for twenty- 



