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 water-carrier, a hard-working fellow of good repute. Logmagi objected to this. "You must flog that Greek," said he, "or you will lose, one by one, everything of value you possess."

Here the matter rested, as the morning had been fixed for answering Colonel Campbell's letter: so I wrote from her ladyship's dictation the following laconic espistle to him, and the friendly one to Mr. Moore, British consul at Beyrout. When I had finished them, I asked Lady Hester what she would have me put at the close, and how she chose to subscribe herself. "Say nothing," replied she: "how many times I have said I could never call myself the humble servant of any body. I hate and detest all those compliments so unmeaning and so false: but to Mr. Moore you may express my esteem and regard. I know I shall have a great liking for Mrs. Moore, if ever I see her: is she so very handsome as they say? When you go to Beyrout, you must tell her that I consider it a duty to like her: she does not know why, no more do you."


 * Jôon, February 4, 1838.

Sir,

I shall give no sort of answer to your letter of the 10th of January (received the 27th), until I have