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to time, during very many years, and of little events 

 of which I can speak from personal experience. 



In alluding to the dead I have kept before me 

 the old golden rule, "De mortuis," &c. ; in alluding 

 to the living, if I have said a word which may 

 occasion to any one a moment's jDain, I trust I may 

 have the benefit of its being attributed to inad- 

 vertence, and that the person or persons who may 

 be aggrieved will consider that my apology has 

 been tendered before demanded. So now let us 

 leave the Preface, and get on with 



The Life and Recollections of 



GEORGE CARTER, 

 THE GREAT HUNTSJVIAN. 



