text:  Of the peril he encountered the acquaintances he made of how he galloped through the country on silver-grey _burras--Anglice_ female donkeys--and dropped tracts in public walks and concealed Testaments in ruins and other queer places where robbers _might_ go _might_ find them and _might_ be improved by their perusal has he not written a most marvellous and amusing account for the benefit of generations present and to come? Notwithstanding however his missionary avocations and Munchausenish tendencies we have a sneaking kindness for friend Borrow having collected from his writings that he is a fellow of considerable pluck and energy of adventurous spirit with a sharp eye for a good horse and who would no doubt have made an excellent dragoon had it pleased God to call him to that way of life