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any feebleness ; for he told us that in early life he had cut a vignette for. the Newcastle {Chronicle] 

 newspaper, and last year it was calculated that more than 900,000 impressions had been worked 

 off: the block is still in use, and not perceptibly impaired I had walked down to New- 

 castle before tea to call upon Mr. Read, and to take my place homewards for the following 

 morning, in opposition to the repeated pressing entreaties of Mr. B. and his amiable family, 

 from whom nothing but a feeling of duty would have compelled me to part so soon. As I 

 was to set out at five next morning I preferred sleeping at the inn, where I retired at a late hour, 

 bidding both them and my fellow-traveller a hearty farewell. Dovaston, being perfect master of 

 his own time, lingered fondly at Newcastle, day after day, till the iSth, assisting Bewick in 

 arranging the new edition of his ' Birds,' which has since been published. He (Dovaston) 

 liberally furnished him with the substance of his own valuable and copious notes, the fruit of his 

 long and ardent study of ornithology ; but a large portion of them came too late for insertion." 



THOMAS BEWICK'S WILL. 



This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Bewick of the Back Lane in the Parish 

 of Gateshead in the County of Durham Engraver I direct my just debts and funeral and Testa- 

 mentary expences to be paid and satisfied I give and devise all that my Freehold House and 

 Garden situate in the Back Lane aforesaid and now in my occupation with the appurtenances 

 to my Son Robert Elliot Bewick his heirs and assigns for ever And I give and bequeath all that 

 my Leasehold Messuage or tenement workshops offices and premises with the appurtenances 

 situate in Saint Nicholas Church Yard in Newcastle upon Tyne and now in the occupation of my 

 said son and also all my books prints and engravings of every description (except my unsold 

 stock of the Histories of Quadrupeds and British Birds and /Esops Fables and of any other work 

 or Book which I may publish) unto my said Son Robert Elliot Bewick for his absolute use and 

 benefit I give and bequeath all and singular my household furniture plate linen and China 

 in and about my said house in the Back Lane aforesaid unto my three daughters Jane Bewick 

 Isabella Bewick and Elizabeth Bewick in equal shares and proportions And I give and bequeath 

 unto each of my said three daughters Jane Bewick Isabella Bewick and Elizabeth Bewick the sum 

 of Two hundred pounds Sterling And I give devise and bequeath the said unsold Stock of the 

 Histories of Quadrupeds and British Birds and yEsops Fables and of every other Work or Book 

 which I may publish and my interest in the respective Copyrights of or in the Histories of Quad- 

 rupeds and British Birds and /Esops Fables and any other Work or Book which I may publish and 

 the woodcuts or blocks employed in printing the said works respectively and all monies invested 

 on Mortgage or any other security and all the rest of my estate and effects both real and personal 

 whatsoever or wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever unto my said Son Robert Elliot Bewick 

 and my said three daughters Jane Bewick Isabella Bewick and Elizabeth Bewick and their respective 

 heirs executors and administrators according to the respective natures and tenures thereof to be 



