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two ladies standing over me, and pouring something- 

 down my throat which looked very much like a 

 black dose, but which was in reality a cordial mix- 

 ture, composed of cardamums and aloetic wine. 

 With this mixture Dr. Willis, the renowned M.D. 

 of those days, and who used to attend George III., 

 used to drench everybody that came under his notice, 

 when they had had a bad fall, instead of bleeding 

 them, or what used to be termed " blooding them," 

 which he considered was a most dangerous practice, 

 and of which, I have no doubt, many a poor fellow 

 has died at least, so Dr. Willis used to say, and he 

 was a first-rate authority. He was a great character 

 in his way, kept a first-rate pack of harriers and a 

 great many horses, and positively lived on his horse. 

 He died very suddenly, whilst staying at a friend's 

 house near Lincoln for the races. 



No man was more regretted, for he was a good 

 and kind man, a most agreeable companion, full of 

 fun and anecdote, courteous and gentle in manner, 

 and thus universally esteemed. 



The two ladies who thus administered the sus- 

 picious-looking dose, and so kindly ministered to my 

 wants, were Lady Frederick Bentinck and Miss 

 Thompson ; the latter a very old friend of Lord 



