RAMS:

1. [_Assume a friend's face when a foeman you spy_] 30

2. [_The lion in woods finds prey of noble kind_] 30

3. [_Though God provides our daily bread_] 30

4. [_To trust a man I never feel inclined_] 31

5. [_A hunter who was always seeking game_] 31

6. [_The plans of men of shrewdest wit_] 31

7. [_Well was it said_, _long years ago_] 31

8. [_Who roams the world by many wants beset_] 32

It is probable that the whole of these eight _Epigrams_
were derived by Borrow from Persian sources.

ON A YOUNG MAN WITH RED HAIR. [_He is a lad of sober 32
mind_]

_Note_.--Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the
first time in this volume.

There is a copy of _Tord of Hafsborough and Other Ballads_ in the Library
of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

(61) [THE EXPEDITION TO BIRTING'S LAND: 1914]

The Expedition to / Birting's Land / and Other Ballads / By / George
Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1914.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 27; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with a note regarding the
American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3-4; and Text of
the _Ballads_ pp. 5-27. There are head-lines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular _Ballad_ occupying it. Upon the
reverse of p. 27 is the following imprint: "_London_: / _Printed for
Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty
Copies_." The signatures are A (a half-sheet of four leaves), B (a
quarter-sheet of two leaves), and C (a full sheet of eight leaves), inset
within each other.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

PAGE

THE EXPEDITION TO BIRTING'S LAND. [_The King he o'er the 5
castle rules_]

Of _The Expedition to Birting's Land_ no less than three
Manuscripts are extant. The first was composed in 1826,
and was originally destined for inclusion in the
_Rom