Lambert fixed his eyes full upon the stranger: "You came into this room, Sir, by the door, but". "You mean to say," observed the other, looking at the window, "that I may possibly make my exit by some other way." "Begone this moment," thundered Lambert, "or I'll throw you into Piccadilly." No second injunction was necessary to rid him of this obnoxious guest.

After a residence of about five months in the metropolis, where we believe his success was fully adequate to his most sanguine expectations, he returned in September, 1806, to his native town.

From that period to his death, he continued to travel, gratifying the curiosity of his countrymen; and again visited London in March, 1807. On Tuesday evening, June 20th, 1809, he arrived, from Huntingdon, at the house of Mr. Berridge, at the Wagon and Horses Inn, in St. Martin's, Stamford, where preparations were made for his receiving company the next day, and during the then ensuing races; but before 9 o'clock on the following morning, the 21st, (fatal 21st!

Alexandria, Trafalgar, and Old England still remember thee!) he had paid the debt of nature, without any previous sickness to indicate the approach of his dissolution.

Lambert's height was five feet eleven inches; three yards four inches round the body; one yard and one inch round the leg; his weight, a few days before his death, was found by the Caledonian balance to be 739lbs. His coffin measured 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, 2 feet 4 inches deep, and contained 112 superficial feet of elm. It was built upon two axletrees and four clog wheels, and upon these his remains were, at about half past eight o'clock on Friday morning, the 23rd, drawn to the new burial ground, in St. Martin's, Stamford. His grave was dug with a gradual sloping for many yards, and upwards of 20 men were employed for nearly half an hour (after hav ing dragged the corpse to the mouth of the grave) in getting this enormous mass of putridity into its " narrow cell." Notwithstanding the early hour at which he was buried, a great concourse of people, " youth

and hoar age," were assembled, numbers of whom had been in expectation of seeing him alive, in propria persona, but were now obliged to content themselves with the mere sight of his coffin, which, to a contemplative mind, would create reflections on the muta bility of all sublunary things.

"The grave has eloquence, its lectures teach,
In silence, louder than divines can preach."

We shall now proceed to state what we have been able to collect relative to the hab its, manners, and propensities of this extra ordinary man.

It is not improbable that incessante xercise in the open air, in the early part of his life laid the foundation of an uncommonly healthy constitution. Lambert scarcely knew what it was to be ailing or indisposed. His tem●perance, no doubt, contributed towards this uninterrupted flow of health. His food differed in no respect from that of other people; he eat with moderation, and of one dish at a time. He never drank any other beverage than water; and though at one period of his

life he seldom spent an evening at home, but with convivial parties, he never could be pre vailed on to join his companions in their libations. One of the qualifications that strongly tend to promote harmony and conviviality, was possessed in an eminent degree by Lambert-He had a fine, powerful, and melodious voice. It was a strong tenor, unlike that of a fat man, light, and unembarrassed, and the articulation perfectly clear. He never felt any pain in his progress towards his extraordinary bulk, but increased gradually and imperceptibly. Before he

was bulky he never knew what it was to be out of wind. It was evident to all those who were acquainted with him, that he had no oppression upon his lungs, from fat or any other cause and Dr. Heaviside expressed his opinion, that his life was as good (or comfortable) as that of any other healthy man.

Lambert slept less than the generality of mankind, being never more than eight hours in bed. He never was inclined to drowsi ness, either after dinner or in any other part of the day and such was the vivacity of his

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disposition, that he was always the last person to retire to rest, which he seldom did before one o'clock. He slept without having his head raised more than is usual with other men, and always with the window open. His respiration was so perfectly free and unobstructed, that he never snored; and what is not a little extraordinary, he could awake within five minutes of any time he pleased. All the secretions were carried on in him with the same facility as in any other person.

We have already adverted to Lambert's fondness for hunting, coursing, racing, fishing, and cocking. He was likewise well knon in his neighbourhood as a great otterhunter. Till within these seven years, he was extremely active in all the sports of the field, and though he was prevented by his corpulence from partaking in them, he still bred cocks, setters, and pointers, which he brought to as great perfection as any other sporting character of his day, and perhaps greater. At the time when terries were the vogue, he possessed no less than thirty The high estimation in

of them at once.