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from a knowledge of whose kind disposition, aifable 

 manners, and good sound understanding, I ventured 

 to predict a brilliant career, and was not disap- 

 pointed. 



Another, who did not go into the Church, succeeded in 

 due time to the estates of his father, in one of the most 

 beautiful localities of the North Riding. Following his 

 favourite pursuits, he now possesses one of the largest 

 racing studs in the county of York, and, though not so 

 fortunate, perhaps, as some, he has displayed a knowledge 

 and judgment in breeding, rearing, and training horses, 

 that has done no discredit to his Alma Mater ; while the 

 example he sets to his neighbours as a practical 

 amculturist, the lessons he has tauo;ht them, and the 

 liberal but unostentatious manner in which he dispenses 

 the hospitalities of Easby Abbey will ever rank him as a 

 first-rate Eno;lish o;entleman. 



But this little coterie did not include all my University 

 friends ; for, some time after, I was honoured with the 

 acquaintance of a noble lord who has since distinguished 

 himself both in the senate and in the literary world. His 

 lordship was very fond of driving, and I had frequently 

 the honour of his company on the box ; but what ren- 

 dered his undergraduateship more remarkable was his 

 having gained the Chancellor's medal, and driven four 

 horses into the most difficult gateway in Cambridge — two 

 very opposite, and, it has been thought, almost irrecon- 

 cilable achievements. But it was this duality of purpose, 

 or, perhaps, similarity of pursuits, that first drew his 

 lordship's attention towards me ; for I had Avritten, not 

 for the Chancellor's medal, as will hereafter be seen, but 



