Billy, the Rat-destroyer. English amusements. The newest Roscius. Fancy. Freewill. Original sin. Austrian philosophy. Colours of the days. Friday. Don Miguel. American Anecdote. English 'tournure.' Unpleasant Christmas-box. Portuguese etiquette. Ludicrous incident in the theatre. English flints. Parties in honour of the infant. Baroness F----. The charming aid-de-camp. Anecdote told by Sir Walter Scott. B---- Society. Disadvantages of a sandy soil. India House. Tippoo Saib's amusements. Shawls. Ride in the Steam-carriage. Ride in a carriage drawn by kites. Fox-hunt. Clerical fox-hunters. Thoughts on death. Recommendation of Blotting-paper. The Atlas of life. Bellows. Advantages of illness. Instruction. Convalesence......226 LETTER XXII. The Thelluson will. The Dandy in the back settlements of America. English justice. A Chancery suit. Dramatic juggler. Fall of the Brunswick theatre. Party at Mr. Peel's. 'Chapeau de Paille.' Mr. Carr's collection of pictures. General Lejeune's battle-pieces. The courtier. Mina, Arguelles, and Valdez. On the acting and translating of Shakspeare. Kean, Young, and Kemble, in Othello. Character of Iago......241 LETTER XXIII. Aristocracy and liberalism united in one person. Fête at the Duchess of ----'s. Wonderful tale of Mr. H----. Toads. The menagerie in Regent's Park. Marshal Beresford. Rural dinner in H---- Lodge. Zoological Garden. The patient witling. Uncomfortable customs. Dinner at H---- Lodge. Sir Walter Scott; his appearance and conversation. A charming girl. Tailors, butchers, and fishmongers. Crockford's. Spring-festival. Rural pleasures. Musical indigestion. Strawberry-Hill, the seat of Horace Walpole. German customs in England. Epsom races. Soirée at the King's. Historical portraits. Paintings in watercolour. The little paradise. The branch from Birnam Wood. Bonneau the Second. The Empress Josephine's Fortune-telling book. Introduction to the Duchess of Sachsen Meiningen. The Pigeon Club. The aquatic theatre. The Doomed. The new Ninon de l'Enclos. Another déjeuné champetre. The two Marshals......250 LETTER XXIV. A rout 'par excellence.' English squeeze. Visit to Cobham. Lord D----'s birthday. Mr. Child's speech. Rochester Castle. The most natural camel. The downfall. The water party. Return to London. The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures. The nursery-garden. 'Apperçu' of English fashionable society......262 LETTER XXV.