SWABEY DIARY. 45 
regretted, is there in existence any journal of the campaign in Belgium 
in 1815, in which he took part; it was apparently lost, for in subsequent 
years he tried to rewrite it from recollection ; but the attempt seems 
to have been unsatisfactory since after a few pages it was abandoned. 
As stated at the commencement of this narrative, Lieutenant Swabey 
retired from the service in 1825, and in 1840 emigrated to Prince 
Edward Island. This latter step being largely due to his love of sport, 
and he took out with him his horses and a pack of hounds, chartering 
a vessel for the purpose. The hunting proved a failure, the transatlantic 
farmers in no way appreciating this form of amusement, but the shooting 
made some amends for this disappointment, as it was not only plentiful, 
but the whole country free to the sportsman, and no shooting rights to 
infringe. He was well known as a hard rider in his early days; 
“ Swabey’s leap”? over the brook near the village of Salford, Bed- 
fordshire, is still pointed out to the visitor. Eighty years of age still 
found him able to shoot for a considerable portion of the day. 
The bullet which he received in his leg at Vitoria could never be 
extracted, and was a source of much inconvenience in after life, pre- 
venting him from mounting his horse readily and being the occasion of 
a fall when trying to clamber into a high American waggon whereby 
three of his ribs were broken. 
He was well read, an accomplished linguist, and possessed of the 
dignity, courtesy, and refined manners of a past generation—qualities 
which the rush and hurry of modern life have well nigh driven out 
of existence. Finally he was a good, active and keen soldier—one of 
those who by zeal, energy, and a high sense of duty and discipline have 
contributed so largely to the prestige of the arm to which he belonged. 
