For  his  cousin  pmved  quite  as  deaf  to
all  argument  or  suhmiAHon  as  their
own  f«iul  thief  of  ^  do^  yr  theni.<«elves.
Suffice  it — that  the  royal  houfe  of
IMyceuse^in  the  lapgua^eof  NapoJe<io's
edicts,  ceased  to  reign.  '  But  here  is
the  evil ;  few  men  leave  a  Hercules
at  their  hotel  ;  and  all  will  have  to
stand  the  vindictive  fury  of  the  natives
for  their  canine  ftieud«,  if  you  should
pistol  them.  Be  it  in  deliverance  of
your  own  life^  or  even  of  a  lady's  by
your  side,  np  apohtfy  will  be  Iihtened
to.  In  fact,  besioes  the  dispropi>r^
tionate  annoyance  to  a  tiaveller's
nerves,  that  he  shall  be  kept  uueasy
at  every  turn  of  the  road  m  mere  an-
xiety as  to  the  next  recurrence  of
strugtrles  »*o  de.-perate,  it  arms  the  in-
difc^iiitiQU  of  a  bold  Briton  beCorenand
—that  a  horrid  brute  shall  be  thought
entitled  to  kill  /ami  and  if  he  does,  it
IS  pronounced  an  accident :  but  if  he,
a  son  of  the  mighty  island,  kills  the
brute,  instantly  a  little  h>hrid  Greek
peasant  shall  treat  it  as  murder.
