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CHAPTER lY 



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A Coach Proprietor — Members of Parliament — A Welcome — 

 Nelson's Funeral — The Theatres — George Frederick Cooke 

 —John Kemble and Mrs. Siddons — The Country— A 

 Death-bed Scene— An Elegy— The Lawyer — A Second 

 Blow — The Wine Merchant— A Third Blow — A Valetu- 

 dinarian — The Postmaster — A Scene at the Dinner-table 

 — A Consultation and Trial — Unexpected Result— Phil- 

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CHAPTER V 



Convalescence -Thoughts for the Future— The Sixth Mate- 

 Amusements — A Rash Adventure — A Literary Society— 

 Junius — Lord Macaulay — A Character— A Fire — Gun- 

 powder Companionship — Lord Gambler — Sir Eliab Harvey 

 — Sir Roger Curtis — Lord Cochrane— A Curious Ren- 

 contre — The Prince of Wales — A Dreadful Explosion — 

 Wonderful Escape — A Rash Attempt .... 80 



CHAPTER VI 



Younger Sister — Pleasant Gallop — Younger Brother — Pleasant 

 Swim — Dreadful Disaster at Sea — A Naval Ball — Self- 

 confidence — Domestic Sorrow — New Branch of an Old 

 Acquaintance — Career of an Officer — A Distressed Mother, 

 her Trials and her Death— Pleasant Life — A Welcome 

 Visitor — Sad Calamity — A Trio — Duel — Pleasant Body 

 Companion — The Comets of 1858 and of 1811 — Descrip- 

 tion of — Astronomers ....... 104 



CHAPTER VII 



The New Forest — The Confines of Dorset — A Country Town 

 — Shooting — Lord Chancellor Eldon — Encombe — Sir 

 Walter Raleigh — Smoking — Lulworth — Corfe Castle — 

 Edward the Martyr — King John— Lady Bankes— The 

 Heroes of the Parliamentary Army — Christian Preachers 

 — Education — An Original Sect — A Legend — The Isle of 

 Wight— The Royal Cockpit— A Joke— The Duke of Devon- 



