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were about to meet in the prize ring, his 

 honour was so unimpeachable that not a 

 word of remonstrance was ever raised against 

 any of his decisions. Moreover, there was 

 in him a vein of poetry, of sympathy, and 

 of refinement which made him peculiarly 

 susceptible to qualities and attributes of a 

 like nature which abounded in " The Druid.'' 

 When, therefore, the latter refused to accept 

 the post of Editor which Mr. Dowling, acting 

 as spokesman for the owner of the paper, 

 offered him con amove, it will readily be 

 conceived that this decision was received 

 with surprise and regret. That surprise and 

 regret I must confess, that writing more than 

 forty years after the event, I share to this 

 day ; for it seems to me by no means im- 

 possible that had " The Druid" consented to 

 succeed Mr. Dowling, he might have been 

 alive at this moment. He fell a victim to the 

 exposure, fatigue, and hard fare which he 

 imposed upon himself in the conscientious 

 performance of arduous and self-denying 

 duties for which he was wretchedly paid. 

 On the other hand, the position of Editor 

 of Bell's Life, with a salary commencing at 



