Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER XVII.

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Descent in a diving-bell. Obliging fire. College of Surgeons. The false mermaid. The sagacious ourang-outang. Extraordinary recovery. The living skeleton. Fortune. The desperate lover. Salthill. Stoke Park. Dropmore. Windsor Castle. Eton. St. Leonard's Hill. Windsor Park. Habits of George the Fourth. The giraffe. Virginia Water. Lord and Lady H----. Character of Lord Byron. Windsor Terrace. St. George's Chapel. Day dreams. English promptitude. Military men of England. Frogmore. Anecdote of Canning. Egham races. Dwarf trees. Moonlight walk. Respect for the law......177