1 f)C) PEECEPT AND PEACTICE. 



self-sufficient, arrogant men of large means, "wLo 

 scarcely know which to be most vain of — themselves 

 or their fortunes." 



" From what I have heard of them, I should say 

 you have been alluding to Leicestershire men." 



"Perhaps my mind did ' hark back' to something 

 of the kind that I have seen there. But recollect 

 that when you meet with the greatest number of 

 superior workmen, it must be expected you will meet 

 with a somewhat unusual number of conceited ones ; 

 and where you meet an assemblage of men of large 

 fortune, it as naturally follows you must meet with 

 many vain of their position. Speaking generally, 

 there is nowhere to be met a finer set of fellows — 

 more finished gentlemen or courteous men — than are 

 to be found at Melton, Leicester, and the neighbour- 

 hood. But their conspicuous situations as to fortune, 

 and the consequent largeness of their hunting estab- 

 lishments, renders any affectation or arrogance, per- 

 ceived in some, conspicuous in proportion. — But I 

 have been led into talking about men, instead of 

 sticking to the subject we were upon." 



