eir manners 245
A country fete 246
Family sketch 246
Rifle-shooting 247
A marriage on the farm 248
Gunpowder festivities 248
Bride and mother 248
First number of _Dombey_ 249
Christmas book 249
General idea for new story 250
Hints for illustration of it 250
Haldimands and Cerjats 251
Visit of Henry Hallam 251
Local news 252
Sight-seers from England 252
Trip to Chamounix 253
Mule-travelling 253
Mont Blanc range 254
Mer de Glace 255
Tete Noire pass 255
Help in an accident 256
English, French, and Prussian 256
Second number of _Dombey_ 257
Castle of Chillon described 257
Honour to New Constitution 258
Political celebration 258
Malcontents 259
Good conduct of the people 259
Protestant and Catholic cantons 260
A timely word on Ireland 260

CHAPTER XII. 1846.

Pages 261-276.

SKETCHES CHIEFLY PERSONAL. AET. 34.

Home politics 261
The Whigs and Peel 261
Belief in emigration schemes 262
Mark Lemon 263
An incident of character 263
Hood's _Tylney Hall_ 264
Trait of the Duke of Wellington 264
Mr. Watson of Rockingham