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 ¬government, nor to any of her own concerns; but, go on, I am delighted with your discourse; only remember that history is a grave and mo- mentous subject, and that wit and fancy belong to quite different departments."— I said this because my friend was remarkable for both, and whether he was in jest or in earnest it was not always very easy to know : but as I found him to be a man of unquestionable veracity, I was compelled to assent to the truth of his narrative, on his solemnly assuring me that he had depart- ed in nothing from the truth. ¬ CHAP-