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ever meet again there may be much for me to tell. 

 For the present I have done. 



" We now look to thee, Warwick, to give us 

 something good ; thy country has produced one of 

 the most extraordinary men that ever lived. He 

 knew all the wiles of the wiliest creature that walks 

 the earth. Dost thou think that Shakespeare 

 would have been a good huntsman ? " 



" By the faith of a fox I should have been most 

 loath to try him. Did he possess the following 

 quahties : boldness, perseverance, activity, enter- 

 prise, temper, and decision ? Had he a keen 

 perception of relative place ? Had he a good eye 

 and ear ? If he had all these, and more, then 

 inight Shakespeare have been an immortal fox- 

 hunter. 



" It is Uttle that I have seen in this country, 

 and I have little to tell ; but I will at once proceed 

 and state to what cause I attribute my escape on 

 one or two occasions lately." 



