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Excerpt from Past Times and Pastimes, Vol. 1 of 2 When I bethought me to spend the autumn evenings in jotting down reminiscences, I had no desire to write a biography or an outline of history. I could have done so even of it had been my wish, for the material necessary for the purpose was lacking, and I could not view Irish politics with an impartial eye. Nevertheless, when I came to think about politics and events in Ireland, some materials was available, and I have referred to it. In all other respects I had to rely entirely on memory, for the following reason. In the summer of 1894 my yacht Valkyrie II. was in collision with Satanita at Hunter's Quay on the Clyde, and sank in about four minute. Of course everything went down with her, and, for a long time after, the disappearance of anything was accounted for by "It must have gone down in Valkyrie." About some of the object I had kept did go to the bottom of the sea in over twenty fathoms of water, and I never had the courage to re-write the diary or to start another. I could not, therefore, place events in proper chronological order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.