BIOGRAPHY. 



CHAPTER I. 



Autobiograpliy of "Watevton. — Descent from Sir Thomas More. — Twenty- 

 seventh Lord of Walton, and sixteenth in descent from John Waterton. 

 — Religious faith of the family. — Persecutions of Roman Catholics and 

 confiscation of the estates. — Double taxes and fines. — Birth and early 

 life. — Escapades atTudhoe. — The cow and the washing-tub. — Removal 

 to Stonyhurst. — Birds' -nesting, a chase and a pigstye. — Good advice 

 from one of the fathers. — Parting with Stonyhurst. — First voyage to 

 Cadiz. — The apes at Gibraltar. — Habits of the animals. — Stay in 

 Malaga. — Acquirement of Spanish. — Projected visit to Malta. — Advent 

 of the plague. — Seized with the disease and recovery. — Closing of the 

 ports. — A hazardous and carefully-planned escape. — Preparations on 

 board ship. — The opportunity seized. — Escape successful. — Death of 

 an uncle. — Discovery of an old friend. — Failing health. — Voyage to 

 Demerara. — Death of his father and succession to the family estates. 



In the introductory prefaces to Waterton's Wanderings, 

 the author has afforded but little account of himself, but 

 in the volumes of his Essays, and some of his Letters, 

 he has fortunately given a sufficiency of information to 

 furnish a tolerably unbroken biography from his birth to 

 his death. His was a very long life, and as he considered 

 that life as a sacred trust, he never wasted an hour of it. 



Waterton was the representative of one of the most 

 ancient English families, and was justly proud of his 

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