In the month there are perhaps about five days--exclusive of Sundays--upon which he does not sit.

But those days are not holidays.

They are spent in patiently reading a mass of deeds, indentures, contracts, vouchers, affidavits, evidence of every description and of the most voluminous character.

These have been put in by solicitors, as part of their cases, and require the most careful attention.

Besides causes that are actually argued out in open Court, there are others which, by consent of both parties, are placed in his hands as arbitrator.