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its system and drill. Illness, however, pre- 

 vented this, and he went abroad for the winter. 

 He returned to England in the following July, 

 and wrote to Mr. Smith from Dover, saying 

 that the state of his health rendered it impos- 

 sible for him to visit Droxford. This must be 

 one of the very last letters written by this 

 most amiable nobleman, as it bears date but 

 three days before his death ; and it is hardly 

 necessary to say that the relic is most carefully 

 preserved. 



It has been stated that in early days Mr. 

 Smith was destined for the military profession ; 

 and though he was obliged to adopt another 

 line in life, he has ever retained a lively in- 

 terest in matters connected with "the pride, 

 pomp, and circumstance of glorious war." The 

 account of the doings of the Confederate ram 

 Merrimac, and the Monitor, led him to turn his 

 attention to the u.se of iron in warfare; and the 

 practical result was the construction of the 

 model of a locomotive battery to travel on 



