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25S BRITISH PHYSICIANS. his keen relish for the picturesque beauty in which his neighbourhood abounded ; and many were de- hghted to accompany him twenty miles in his morning rides, eagerly listening to the overflow- ings of an enthusiastic admirer of nature and of art. His appearance and manner during this portion of his life were vividly described to Dr. Baron by one of his earhest friends, in terms so character- istic that the object stands before us. " His height was under the middle size, his person was robust, but active and well formed. In his dress he was pecuharly neat, and everything about him showed the man intent and serious, and well pre- pared to meet the duties of liis calling. When I first saw him, it was on Frampton Green. I was somewhat his junior in years, and had heard so much of Mr. Jenner, of Berkeley, that I had no small curiosity to see him. He Avas dressed in a blue coat and yellow buttons, buckskins, well- polished jockey boots, with handsome silver spurs ; and he carried a smart whip with a silver handle. His hair, after the fashion of the times, was done up in a club, and he wore a broad-brimmed hat. " We were introduced on that occasion, and I was delighted and astonished. I was prepared to find an accomplished man, and all the country spoke of him as a skilful surgeon and a great naturahst; but I did not expect to find him so , much at home on other matters. I, who had been spending my time in cultivating my judgment by abstract study, and smit from my boyhood with the love of song, had sought my amusement in the rosy fields of imagination, was not less surprised than gratified to find that the ancient affinity be-