. The last days of Lord Byron:. usually seen behind the carriages ofambassadors, and another division of his guardclosed the cavalcade. It was to me very sur-prising to see the swiftness of the they carried their carbines, they werealways able to keep up with the horses, andLord Byron sometimes put his cattle to their ut-most speed. If their activity may be consideredas at all resulting from the races in which theirancestors were so distinguished, we should findit difficult to bestow too much praise on suchgymnastic exercises. But it should probably ra-ther be attributed to the
. The last days of Lord Byron:. usually seen behind the carriages ofambassadors, and another division of his guardclosed the cavalcade. It was to me very sur-prising to see the swiftness of the they carried their carbines, they werealways able to keep up with the horses, andLord Byron sometimes put his cattle to their ut-most speed. If their activity may be consideredas at all resulting from the races in which theirancestors were so distinguished, we should findit difficult to bestow too much praise on suchgymnastic exercises. But it should probably ra-ther be attributed to their climate, their habits oflife, and their frames being originally nervousand well formed. Whatever may have been thesource of their fleetness, they were able to keepup with Lord Byron in his rides, and wheneverhe quitted the town on horseback, they accom-panied him, being answerable both to Greeceand Britain for his safety. They were tallmen, and remarkably well formed; and perhaps,take them altogether, no sovereign of Europe. I vN~\ \ - EMPLOYMENT OF HIS TIME. 77 can boast of having a finer set of men for hisbody-guard. It may serve to give the reader some idea ofthe state of Missolonghi, if I here mention thecircuitous route which Lord Byron was obligedto use to get out of the town. Such was thewretched state of the pavement, and such thecondition of the streets, that it was impossible toride through them without the risk of breakingones neck. Lord Byrons horses were thereforegenerally led to the gate of the town, and hisLordship, embarking in his little punt, was rowedalong the harbour, and up what is called themilitary canal. This terminating not far from thegate, his Lordship again landed, mounted hishorse, and rode away. The mode in which Lord Byron disposed ofhis time may be sketched in the history of asingle day. In whatever manner he may for-merly have lived, during the time that I knewhim in Greece, he was perfectly regular andsystematic in his habits. He always rose
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