June  23.  Baden-Baden.       A   man    in    the    Kursaal    shook

hands  with  me,   because  I  looked  so  "  devilish  like

one  of  the  family."      It  was  my  brother  Bury,  whom

I  had  not  seen  for  twelve  years.      His  wife  Fanny

.  looking  so  pretty,  and  but  little  altered.
June  24.  Dined  with  Bury — a  good  English  dinner.     Went

to  hell  afterwards,  and  lost  forty-five  francs.
June  26.  Early  to  hell,  losing  seventy-five  francs.     Took

leave  of  Baden-Baden.  Started  by  another  dirty
steamer  for  Wiesbaden,  thence  home.
July  29.  Arrived  at  Dover.       Detained  two  hours  at  the

Custom  House,  because  I  would  not  pay  a  land-shark
to  clear  my  luggage.
July  31.  Goodwood   races.     To  my  regret  could  not  go.
Missed  meeting  father,  whose  horse  "  Ralph ':  won
the  Drawing-room  and  Produce  Stakes,  and  with  a
colt  by  "  Taurus,"  the  Racing  Stakes.  He  most
likely  would  have  tipped  me !


CHAPTER   XXIV

Dido  Corvette

Heard  from  an  old  friend  that  a  Captain,  junior  to    1841.
myself,  had  declined  an  offer  of   the  Dido.     I  had  Au§-
homes  in  plenty,  but  these  could  not  last  ;  my  wife
handsome  and  charming — we  were  welcomed  every-
where ;  but  my  means  were  small.
I  went  to  the  General,  explained  matters,  which  he
had  long  foreseen.  While  he  lived,  my  wife,  with-
out encumbrances,  would  never  be  without  a  home  ;
but  he  could  not  live  for  ever.
I  wrote  to  Lord  Minto  :  "  Understanding  a  junior
had  declined  an  appointment  to  the  Dido,  I  should  be
too  glad  to  take  her  or  anything  else."

By  the  end  of  the  month  I  was  appointed  to  the  Aug.  31,
Dido,   18,   734    tons  —  a   beautiful   corvette,   one   of
Symonds'  best.
