(Canto III. stanzas xxix., xxx.; see Byron's note), was killed at Waterloo. "The best of his race," says Byron, in a letter to Moore, July 7, 1815.
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 2 of Letter 166]
[20 — To the Hon. Augusta Byron]
[London], Thursday, 4th April, 1805.
My Dearest Augusta
, — You certainly have excellent reasons for complaint against my want of punctuality in our correspondence; but, as it does not proceed from want of affection, but an idle disposition, you will, I hope, accept my excuses. I am afraid, however, that when I shall take up my pen, you will not be greatly
edified