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THE CITIZEN he was overpowered, and secured. Being confined in the county gaol at Hertford, curiosity excited ne to see him. I was ushered into the kitchen of the governor's house, at the end of which was a window, with iron bars, that looked into the prison yard; placing myself there, I had to wait till he was called for. After the gaoler loudly repcated his name, calling " Tom! Tom!" as if a dog, Tom made his appearance, placing himself before me, a lanlk-looking figure (middling size), in a ploughman's smock frock, an ugly countenance, and prominent pointed nose; seizing the moment, having my pencil, and procuring some paper, I sketched a likeness of him, as he stood some time motionless before me; the back- ground was the prison, and a group of felons. FE CItıZEN Having had a general invitation to Benham, in Berkshire, the Margravine's residence, mentioning to her Highness how very fond I was of fishing, and her domains being famous for that sport, I had her leave to take a friend with me. To gratify the pride of a Bourgeois gentilhomme, the son and partner of a wealthy hop factor in the Borough, well known at that time (some years ago) by the nickname of Young Dashem, vulgarly called, up to anything. Favourite as he was with his acquaintance, none could keep pace with him in extravagance. Of one trait, which must have been more for boasting and talk, were his hunters, horses which he kept at Epsom, for the Derby Hunt; and seldom, I have heard him say, had he occasion for them, other amusements interfering. Eacl time that he hunted during the season, the expenses attending, must have cost him thirty guineas, fancying it 46