“2nd July.—­Rode my bay oss Desperation in the park.  There was me, Lord George Ringwood (Lord Cinqbar’s son), Lord Ballybunnion, Honorable Capting Trap, & sevral hother young swells.  Sir John’s carridge there in coarse.  Miss Hemly lets fall her booky as I pass, and I’m obleged to get hoff and pick it hup, & get splashed up to the his.  The gettin on hossback agin is halways the juice & hall.  Just as I was on, Desperation begins a porring the hair with his 4 feet, and sinks down so on his anches, that I’m blest if I didn’t slip hoff agin over his tail, at which Ballybunnion & the hother chaps rord with lafter.

“As Bally has istates in Queen’s County, I’ve put him on the St. Helena direction.  We call it the ‘Great St. Helena Napoleon Junction,’ from Jamestown to Longwood.  The French are taking it hup heagerly.”

“6th July.—­Dined to-day at the London Tavin with one of the Welsh bords of Direction I’m hon.  The Cwrwmwrw & Plmwyddlywm, with tunnils through Snowding and Plinlimming.

“Great nashnallity of course.  Ap Shinkin in the chair, Ap Llwydd in the vice; Welsh mutton for dinner; Welsh iron knives & forks; Welsh rabbit after dinner; and a Welsh harper, be hanged to him:  he went strummint on his hojous hinstrument, and played a toon piguliarly disagreeble to me.

“It was pore Mary Hann.  The clarrit holmost choaked me as I tried it, and I very nearly wep myself as I thought of her bewtifle blue i’s.  Why ham I always thinking about that gal?  Sasiety is sasiety, it’s lors is irresistabl.  Has a man of rank I can’t marry a serving-made.  What would Cinqbar and Ballybunnion say?

“P.S.—­I don’t like the way that Cinqbars has of borroing money, & halways making me pay the bill.  Seven pound six at the ‘Shipp,’ Grinnidge, which I don’t grudge it, for Derbyshire’s brown Ock is the best in Urup; nine pound three at the ‘Trafflygar,’ and seventeen pound sixteen and nine at the ‘Star and Garter,’ Richmond, with the Countess St. Emilion & the Baroness Frontignac.  Not one word of French could I speak, and in consquince had nothink to do but to make myself halmost sick with heating hices and desert, while the hothers were chattering and parlyvooing.

“Ha!  I remember going to Grinnidge once with Mary Hann, when we were more happy (after a walk in the park, where we ad one gingy-beer betwigst us), more appy with tea and a simple srimp than with hall this splender!”—­

“July 24.—­My first-floor apartmince in Halbiny is now kimpletely and chasely furnished—­the droring-room with yellow satting and silver for the chairs and sophies—­hemrall green tabbinet curtings with pink velvet & goold borders and fringes; a light blue Haxminster Carpit, embroydered with tulips; tables, secritaires, cunsoles, &c., as handsome as goold can make them, and candle-sticks and shandalers of the purest Hormolew.