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other, and have found a home in every clime, even in the 

 most distant parts of the globe ; yet with all the ad- 

 vantages their moral condition and physical constitution 

 give them, Avhether luxuriating in the voluptuous 

 pleasures of the east, or penetrating with indomitable 

 courage and perseverance the recesses of savage nature in 

 the west — also cherish a vivid remembrance of the home 

 of their fathers, and a proud regard, if not a latent hope 

 for, a return to it. 



]^ow, it is no aifectation to say that it was with some 

 such feeling as this I left my native county. It is true, 

 I was but little removed from it ; but as for again 

 enjoying the society to which I had been accustomed, or 

 indulging in the pleasures her beautiful hills and dales 

 afforded me, I mi^ht as well have been in the Bush in 

 Australia — for even there my thoughts could only revert, 

 as here thev have never ceased to do, to times and scenes 

 of the past. 



As my father still retained one of the minor establish- 

 ments in London, and had a residence there, I made it 

 my home. ]\Iy mother I found in declining health, and 

 principally for her benefit, my father proposed taking a 

 house at Leamington, in Warwickshire, vainly hoping to 

 stay the progress or alleviate the agony of a disorder, the 

 cure of which was impossible. 



As the only coach to this place, celebrated for its 

 mineral waters and the beauty of the surrounding 

 country, was from our yard, at my father's desire I went 

 down, and of course became acquainted with the pro- 

 prietors on the road, and those of the fraternity who 

 figured on the box. 



