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loftier range and a higher relish for the 

 holy principles of the past and present, and 

 for those of Eternity. Nor do I think that 

 there are many who can write a more musi- 

 cally balanced English sentence. We en- 

 joyed our afternoon vastly. I send this to 

 you not knowing where ' The Druid ' may 

 now be housing. For aught I know r , he 

 may be pumping some decrepit herdsman 

 in a remote ingle-nook or chimney corner, 

 or stalking over some desolate moor to 

 verify an illusion. 



" Believe me, 



"Always yours faithfully, 



"W. B. Philpot." 

 Perhaps the greatest talent possessed by 

 "The Druid" was his capacity for getting 

 humble and unlettered men to put confidence in 

 him, and unbosom themselves of their choicest 

 secrets for his benefit. Never was this more 

 exemplified than in the case of what he calls 

 " Dick Christian's Lectures." He tells us 

 that it was on a cold, frosty evening early 

 in January, 1855, that he first met "that 

 great Professor of rough-riding," from w r hom 

 he sought to learn how horses were tamed 



