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Gentry," most of tlioiri in tlic style satirized Ijy Ifo^^uiLli 

 in liis " Miii'ri.'i^^<; u Isi Mcjde." 



In fact, the urcliitectun; of tliat era is on a pai- with the 

 classical costumes of tlie stage. 1 have possessed for 

 many yc-ars a volume of Shaksj)eare in wliich thenj is a 

 I'ortrait of an actor in the part of Troilus. jfe is 

 classically costumed as a 'J'rojan in a tight scale cuirass, 

 a short cloak, kn(;e breeches and silk stockings, IJoiuaii 

 buskins, a ti(i wig, a helnuit with a vast plume of (jslricli 

 feathfU'S, and he is bidding (hifiance to ])iomed(.'s witli a 

 toy Mortrisli swtjrd which would liaidly cut oIC IIk; head 

 of a wax (]()]]. 



So if Watert(jii had d(!sire(l ai'chit(;cturul Jiinguiliccmce, 

 he could not have ohLain(;d it, except by i)ullii)g the 

 house down, and liuihling another. .I>ut, he had no taste 

 for such magnificence, liis life being one of rigid, not to say 

 severe, sinjj>licity. 



His personal expenses were such as could have been 

 covered by the wages of one of the labourers on his own 

 estate. His single room had neither bed nor caipet. Jle 

 always lay on th(! l)ar(; boards with a Ijlanket wrapped 

 round him, and with an oal<(!n l)l(jck by way of a ])ill(jw. 

 As has been mentioned, he never touch(id I'ermented li(piids 

 of any kind, and he U^ok but very little meat. 



When I knew him, he always retii(;d to his room 

 at 8 JVM. Few men of his age would have chosen a 

 room at the very top of a large house; but stairs were 

 nothing to Waterton, whose limbs were strengthened by 

 })erpetual tree climbing. I'uncLually at three A.M., being 

 roused by the crowing of a huge (Jochin China cock, which 

 he called his ' nujrnin^j, gun,' Ik; rose j'rom his jdank couch, 

 lighted his lire, lay down lor half an hour, and was always 

 dressed and closely, or as Ikj called it, 'chjan ' shaven, by 

 four, wh(;n he wi.'iii int<j tlx; private; chapid wliicli was 



