THE LIFE OF GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR DAVID BAIRD, BART.. G.C.B. K.C. &c. &c. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. (LATE COLBURN AND BENTLEY.) 1832. THE following Memoir of SIR DAVID BAIRD has been carefully collated from the voluminous papers and extensive correspondence of that eminent and estimable man. If to those, better acquainted with the subjects treated of, than the writer, there should appear any omissions or imperfections in the detail of the services which he performed for his country, they may be attributed to the inherent modesty which ordinarily accompanies exalted merit, and which, in the case of Sir David Baird, led him at all times sedulously to avoid referring to his own exploits, or alluding to the dangers and difficulties which he had encountered during his long, arduous, and distinguished career. For the valuable assistance which the writer of this memoir has received from several quarters, his acknowledgments will be found specifically made in those parts |