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" subjects of consequence with a stranger like myself. 
" I could see, however, that I had nothing to correct in 
" the impression of his character which his reputation 
" had led me to form about him, and I wished more than 
" ever that the system of government of which he had been 
" so admirable a servant in India could be applied to his 
" present position, and that he, or such as he, could 
" have the administration of it." The Man of Letters 
and the Governor then spoke of mutual friends. The 
Governor spoke of REYNELL Taylor as the ' very soul 
of chivalry': whereupon Mr. FROUDE observes of Sir 
Henry Norman that he " seemed himself to be a man 
" of the same pure and noble nature, perhaps liable, 
" from the generosity of his temperament, to believe 
" more than I could do in modern notions and in modern 
" political heroes, but certainly not inclining of his own 
" will to recommend any rash innovations" (p. 353). It 
is noteworthy that Mr. FROUDE " had nothing to correcV' 
in the impression of Sir Henry NORMAN'S character, 
which the Governor's reputation had led Mr. FROUDE to 
form about His Excellency. It is also noteworthy that Mr. 
FROUDE formed the opinion, after meeting Sir Henry 
NORMAN, that the latter was certainly not a man " in- 
" dining of his own will to recommend any rash innova- 
" tions." There was further talk between the Governor 
of Jamaica and his guest, the gist of which is thus set 
down by the latter : — " I perceived that like myself he 
" felt no regret that so much of the soil of Jamaica was 
" passing to peasant black proprietors. He thought 
" well of their natural disposition ; he believed them 
" capable of improvement. He thought that the pos- 
" session of land of their own would bring them into 
