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then wrote was "General Chasse," which 

 name he borrowed from Sir James Boswell's 

 celebrated chestnut horse, who was then win- 

 ning Cups and long-distance races in Scotland 

 and the North of England, and was at all 

 times a special favourite with "The Druid." 

 Reverting, however, to the young lady to 

 whom he was afterwards united in marriage, 

 it gives me great pleasure to add the follow- 

 ing account of his courtship, written by the 

 hand which alone should hold the pen on such 

 a theme. His widow writes as follows : — 



"My brief and imperfect sketch of 'The 

 Druid's ' daily life, tastes, and habits would 

 be incomplete were I to fail to make mention 

 of his married life, especially during its earlier 

 years, and also to touch lightly upon a few 

 incidents of his courtship, which he conducted 

 in a very eccentric and original fashion. He 

 first met Miss Caroline Lynes in the Isle of 

 Man, either in the autumn of 1844 or in the 

 spring of 1845. He was reading there for 

 his degree with a tutor who knew her brother 

 intimately, and thus he soon became on 

 friendly terms with the Lynes family. His 

 choice of the Isle of Man was, as usual with 



