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to this country. Men of all ranks at- 

 tended, good-fellowship reigned, hospitality 

 abounded, and altogether it was a good 

 picture of merry old England. Another 

 day with the hounds, in which I was more 

 fortunate, terminated my visit, and I re- 

 turned home pleased and gratified beyond 

 measure with the mark of distinction that 

 had been bestowed on me by my kind 

 entertainer. 



If I were to record all the good 

 acts of this benevolent man I should 

 very soon fill a volume ; suffice it to say, 

 they ceased only with his life ; and ever 

 since I attended the mournful cavalcade 

 that bore him to his last resting-place in 

 his own parish church, my mind has been 

 impressed with the true type of an old 

 English gentleman, and I have sought in 

 vain for his parallel. If ever these lines 

 should meet the eye of his son, they will 

 recall the old Lynn, and the many pleasur- 

 able hours we have spent together upon it. 



