CHAPTER X.

His fatal illness; his _physique_ and personal appearance; letter to Lord Auckland on supposed slight; Hastings; loss of H.M.S. _Avenger_, and death of Marryat’s son, Lieutenant Frederick Marryat; returns to Langham; last months, and death on 9th August, 1848; estimate of his character and work 149

INDEX. 161

LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARRYAT.