PREFACE. XI. 



Treen, at Beckhampton, (now occupied by Sam 

 Darling,) at which for many years the horses of Sir 

 William Gregory, Captain Mervyn Archdall, and 

 Lord Bolingbroke were prepared for their engage- 

 ments. " The Druid " was hospitably entertained for 

 three days by Dr. Bradley, who in the letter to which 

 I am now referring spoke of him as " the horsiest 

 Christian that he had ever encountered.'" When 

 it is remembered that " The Druid " rode on horse- 

 back from the Orkneys to Kensington in the severe , 

 winter of 1864-65, arriving at home " in the snow 

 of a February night, with fourpence in his pocket, A ' .vt$T' 

 on the back of a Highland garron which he had /» J 

 bought for £y 10s. at Pomona, in the Orkneys," 

 little surprise will be felt that from the effects 

 of that exposed and trying journey he never 

 recovered. 



As a slight tribute to the memory of one of the 

 most unselfish, courageous, modest, conscientious, 

 and pure-minded of men, the following pages are 

 offered by his friend and admirer, 



The Author. 



