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detection ; and my pride would not 

 allow me to forego the honour of as- 

 sociating with them. Moreover, insti- 

 gated by curiosity, I had a mind to see 

 the issue. I therefore in the morning 

 saddled my horse before daylight, and 

 in less than half-an-hour reached the 

 spot where the two combatants had already 

 arrived, with their seconds, in two post- 

 chaises the artillery officer accompanied 

 by a surgeon. I dismounted, and, fas- 

 tening my horse to a stake in a hedge, 

 had a view of the whole affair. 



At the first shot my friend's bullet 

 grazed his adversary's cheek, taking with 

 it his whisker. Not satisfied with this, he 

 insisted upon another shot, when he re- 

 ceived my friend's charge in his side, 

 and fell, his opponent escaping unhurt. 

 Upon approaching him he did not 

 speak, and his second, taking up the 

 pistol, insisted upon revenging the death 

 of his principal, or sharing his fate; 



