CONTENTS xiii 



PAGE 



shire — Two Foreign Princes — A Prince of Coach Proprie- 

 tors — Friend in Need — A False Step — An Estabhshment 

 — Wedding — Breach of the Law — Mr. Justice Burroughs 

 — Soberton Downs — An Israelite Sportsman — A Bet — A 

 Fracas — Lawsuit — Judge Gazelee — A Dispute on a Point 

 of Law— Mr. Serjeant Pell 129 



CHAPTER VIII 



The War — Trafalgar — Sir John Moore — Sir David Baird — 

 Corunna — Disembarkation — Walcheren — Camp at South- 

 sea — Embarkation — The Earl of Chatham — Sir Eichard 

 John Strachan — Prosperity of Seaport Towns — A Profit- 

 able Business — A Distinguished Military Gentleman ; his 

 Wants Supplied — A Dinner and Wine — The Bill — An In- 

 teresting Discovery — Drive to Reading and Oxford — An 

 Agreeable Surprise — Prompt Resolve — Clouds in the 

 Distance — The Russian Campaign — The Campaign in 

 Germany — Peace — The Visit to Portsmouth — Insanity 

 of the People — Prince Blucher — The Emperor Alexander 

 — The King of Prussia — Napoleon ..... 154 



CHAPTER IX 



A Long Frost — Fair on the Thames — Journey to the North — ■ 

 Guinea Pigs — A Younger Brother — Charming Domicile 

 — Edinburgh — Messrs. J. & J. Ballantyne — Departure 

 — Deep Snow — Pleasant Ride by Moonlight — Carlisle — 

 Liverpool — Delightful Companions — A Morning's Walk — 

 Peace — Two False Steps — A Master of Hounds — Our 

 Peoples — Scene in a Wood — A Yorkshire Tyke — Laughing 

 Philosophy — Whitechapel — Somerset House — Ports- 

 mouth Dockyard — The Commissioner . . . .173 



CHAPTER X 



A Wet Season —Beneficial Farming — A Racing Stud — A Com- 

 missary — Petworth — Duke of Somerset — Seymour the 

 Painter — Scene in a Brook — An Alarming Purchase — Con- 

 tagion — Pathology — Naval Captain — Domestic Calamity 

 — Alterations and Improvements — An Unblushing Villain 

 — Driving Clubs — A Saturnalia — Comparison — An Attrac- 

 tion — A Final Resolution 194 



