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tioned, I had a most agreeable as well as 

 a most communicative companion. From 

 his shooting box in Norfolk it was his 

 custom to write me a note the day pre- 

 ceding, to order dinner for himself and 

 friend or friends (always including myself) 

 apart from the other passengers, at the 

 house on the road where we daily stopped 

 for refreshment. 



Upon one occasion, I remember, he had 

 with him a companion who had distin- 

 guished himself both in the field and in 

 the senate. He had long been the Radi- 

 cal Member for the Borough of South- 

 wark ; and from his brave and active 

 qualities as a General, Buonaparte in 

 one of his bulletins had designated him 

 as a brigand a sure proof of some signal 

 cause he had given to call forth that great 

 chief's notice. 



After doing especial service in raising, 

 forming, and commanding the Lusitanian 

 Legion, he was attached to the Emperor 



