CHARLES WATERTON, ESQ. CXXvii 



and how deep an interest I take in his future 

 welfare. 



A. M. D. G. 



To my dear Edmund. 



■ " Aspice vultus 



Ecce meos. Utinamque oculos in pectora posses 

 Inserere, et patrias intus deprendere curas." 



Ovid. 



You are now, my dear boy, about to enter 

 into a college conducted by professors famed far 

 and near for their learning, for their sanctity, 

 and for their paternal care of those who are 

 intrusted to their charge. This college will 

 either be a paradise or a purgatory to you. 

 If you love God above all things, if you re- 

 vere your superiors, if you give good example 

 to your equals, and attend to your studies, 

 happy indeed will^be your hours and your 

 days. But if, on the contrary, you neglect to 

 perform your duty to God and man, there will 

 then be no comfort for you, and you will be 

 annoyed by brambles and by thorns at every 



