l-fellows; but my
lord swore by his saul he should go home along with him, and visit Lord
St. Leger another time; accordingly a good horse was provided for him,
and they all set out for Dublin.
The next day my Lord Annesly took him to his own house. During his abode
here, which was about a fortnight, our hero received great civilities
from the Irish gentry; Lord Annesly introducing him to all the chief
company in the city, as the man they had heard so much talk of. One day
Mr. O'Brien, a gentleman of great fortune, being in company, asked Mr.
Carew if he had ever been on board the Yarmouth man-of-war; he replied,
that he had been in her up the Baltic. The gentleman asked if he
remembered a young gentleman about fourteen years of age, very fat, and
who had a livery-servant to wait on him. He replied, that he remembered
him very well, and that he was blest with as beautiful a face as any
youth he ever saw. The gentleman then asked him if he recollected what
became of him; which he answered, by saying he died at Gosport a day or
two after they landed; and that Mr. Price, of Pool, composed a Latin
epitaph for him; at which the gentleman could not refrain letting fall
some tears, it being his own brother he was speaking of. He then asked
what men-of-war were with them at that time; all which he gave a very
good account of, saying, Sir Charles Wager and Rear-Admiral Walton
commanded; Sir Charles carrying a red flag at the fore-topmast head of
the Torbay, and the latter a blue at the mizen of the Cumberland, both
eighty-gun ships. The gentleman replied, he was satisfied, for he had
given a very faithful account of every thing; he then made Mr. Carew a
present to drink his health when he came to England, as Lord Annesly said
he would supply him while he was in Ireland. A great hunting-match being
proposed, Lord Annesly told them that Mr. Carew could make one with the
best of them at the diversion, upon which he was desired to make one of
the party. Accordingly, they set out very early next morning, and had
fine sport, he exerting all his abilities, though he was afraid of riding
into some bogs, of which the country is full. When the chase was ended,
they all went to Lord Annesly's to dinner, and the company allowed him to
be an excellent sportsman.
Lord Annesly afterwards took him to Newry and many other places,
introducing him to much company. At length he desired liberty to go and
see his old school-fellow, Lord
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