that the Commander-in-chief is pleased to mark it with his peculiar approbation.

"The life of Sir John Moore was spent among

the troops.

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During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the Officer and Soldier; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his Country called him, the post of honour; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.

"His Country, the object of his latest solicitude, will rear a monument to his lamented memory; and the Commander-in-chief feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame, by thus holding him forth as an example to the Army.

"By order of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief.

"HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen.

"Horse Guards, Feb. 1. 1809.”

IV.

REMINISCENCES

OF

A CAMPAIGN IN THE PYRENEES

AND

SOUTH OF FRANCE,

IN

1814.

BY JOHN MALCOLM, ESQ.

LATE OF THE 42D. REGT.

REMINISCENCES

OF A

CAMPAIGN IN THE PYRENEES

AND SOUTH OF FRANCE,

IN

1814.

THERE is something in the idea of a military life particularly fascinating to youth. The sight of a regiment marching past, with its colours flying, and its martial music, awakens a slumbering instinct in the soul. At the sound of the trump and drum, the heart gains a quicker beat, and the cheek a brighter glow. There is a charm in the gorgeous array, the nodding plume, and the martial air of the soldier-in the unrestrained freedom which is supposed to belong to a military life—in its promise of honour and glory-of love and war, and strange adventures in foreign lands. Against temptations like these, the voice of caution speaks in vain; and perhaps it it is well, since all the ardour of youth and the stimulus of hope are required in struggling with, and surmounting, the troubles and disappointments of life.