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CHAPTER XXVII 



PAGE 



A visit to Newmarket, then and now, compared — His grace 

 at Egham races, 1801 — An eye to the main chance still — 

 The ways and means adopted by the Duke to fill his 

 coffers — The estates of Neidpath and Drumlanrig de- 

 nuded of most of their timber — Burris's verses — His lines 

 on Queensberry — Wordsworth's sonnet on his grace's 

 conduct in cutting down the trades — How some of the 

 trees at Drumlanrig were saved, ..... 205 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



His grace still indulges his musical tastes— His tact in 

 bestowing favours upon noble French emigres — Micliael 

 Kelly's anecdotes concerning the Duke of Queensberry — 

 His grace's racing record, 1802-3 — Attacked with in- 

 fluenza, March 1803 — In a critical condition — Recovers 

 and goes to Bath — Additions to the balcony of his 

 Piccadilly house, 213 



CHAPTER XXIX 



The Duke's chair run into by a hackney-coach — Mrs. Billing- 

 ton and his grace — ' How to live after a ducal recipe ' — 

 Notes thereon-^The * milk-bath ' fable — Other references 

 to his grace's regimen — Verses on his supposed death, 

 1804, -220 



CHAPTER XXX 



Further reference to a ducal ' recipe ' — The Duke a great 

 smoker at one time — His grace and the * hack ' — 

 Charity — The last of the 'deep-red jacket and black 

 cap ' on the racecourse — Withdraws from the clubs — 

 On the balcony of his Piccadilly house — Alarming con- 

 dition of his grace in 1807 — Reported as one of three 

 who intended to rebuild Drury Lane Theatre — Bets on 

 his grace's death — He lays a wager on the same himself, 228 



