THE MAGAZINE 
OF 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
MARCH, 1830. 
Arr. I. Some Account of the Life, Genius, and Personal Habits 
of the late Thomas Bewich, the celebrated Artist and Engraver on 
Wood. By his Friend Joun F. M. Dovasron, Esq. A.M., of 
Westfelton, near Shrewsbury. 
(Concluded from p. 9.) 
“ Swote hys tyngue as the throstle’s note, 
Quycke ynn daunce as thoughte canne bee, 
Deite hys taboure, codgelle stote, 
Oh! hee lyes bie the wyllowe tree : 
Mie love ys dedde, 
Gone to hys deathe-bedde, 
‘Alle vnderre the wyllowe tree.’ CHATTERTON. 
Sir, 
Berore I conclude this familiar account of my friend Be- 
wick, you must, in justice, allow me to inform the public, that 
it was Coruiericeds and (after its first portion) very consider- 
ably lengthened, at your request. Yet still, under the con- 
tinual fear of dilations I reluctantly omit innumerable incidents 
that are sparkling about the twilight of my memory, and 
hurry on to my last interview with my esteemed friend. Early 
in June, 1827, he wrote to me from Buxton, that, for the gout 
in his stomach, he was hurried there by his medical fr iends, 
accompanied by his daughters Jane and ‘Isabella. At sunrise 
I mounted the high-pacing Rosalind, and entered that naked 
but neat little town early the second morning; alighting at the 
Eagle — fit sign to a visitor of the king of bird-engravers. 
In my haste to find his lodging, I passed it ; but stumping 
behind, with his great cudgel, he seized me ardently by the 
arm eyes I was aware, exclaiming, “<I seed ye from tha 
window, and kenned yer back and gait, my kind friend.” 
I found him in very good lodgings facing the fountain-corner 
Vor il. Nov 12: H 
