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to look again might easily discover, in his bearing and manner, enough to recall
the remembrance of his high lineage and unexampled misfortunes.
Charles sometimes indulged in a walk through the city ; but the crowds of
people that usually followed him, anxious to gratify their curiosity, in some
measure detracted from the pleasure of these perambulations. When he first
appeared in this manner, a few days after his arrival, he escaped observation
for some time ; but in Hanover Street the crowd became so great that, though
not the slightest insult was offered him, he deemed it prudent to abridge his
walk ; and passing along the Mound returned to the Palace by the High Street
and Canongate. With the exception of a slight stoop, the King appeared so
little altered since he had formerly sojourned in Edinburgh, that many old
people easily recognised him. Though far advanced in year$, he walked with a
firm step ; and his health and strength were such that he often went on shoot,-
ing excursions, accompanied by the Duc d'Angouleme and his suite ; sometimes
crossing the ferry to Fordel, the estate of Sir Philip Durham, but more frequently
enjoying himself on the property of the Earl of Wemyss. That his Majesty
was an excellent shot, the quantity of game brought home to Holyrood House
amply testified. In Dalmeny Park, on one occasion, he bagged thirty-six
pheasants, besides hares and partridges, in an incredibly short space of time.
In their habits and general deportment the Duc and Duchesse d'dngouleme,
or more properly speaking, the Dauphin and Dauphiness, were as unostentatious
as his Majesty. Early in the morning of a market-day, they might be met armin-
arm perambulating the Canongate and High Street, apparently much
interested in the busy scene around them ; the one attired in an old blue greatcoat,
the other enveloped in a cloak not mantle, or much superior in appearance.
Unlike the Duke, however, the Duchess was a well-proportioned, active-looking
woman. The former, strict in his religious observances, was a regular attendant
at mass ; the latter employed more of her time in the perusal of books, or in
carrying on a correspondence with the friends of the family in France.
Arthur's Seat and the King's Park afforded many a solitary walk to the
exiled party, and they seemed much delighted with their residence. It was
evident from the first that Charles, when he sought the shores of Scotland,
intended to make Holyrood House his home j and it may be imagined how
keenly he felt, on finding himself, after a residence of nearly two years, under
the necessity of removing to another country. Full of the recollection of
former days, which time had not effaced from his memory, he said he had
anticipated spending the remainder of his days in the Scottish capital, and
laying his bones amongst the dust of our ancient kings in the Chapel of
Holyrood.
. The unexpected departure of Charles and his suite is ascribed to a remonstrance
addressed by Louis Philippe to the British Government, which, having
recognised the latter as King of the French, felt it necessary to discountenance
the foreign correspondence alleged to have been carried on by the royal
inmates of Holyrood. The order, though couched in polite language, is under