i8 REV. JOHN RUSSELL. 



have passed his final examination, and then 

 taken his degree — an important matter to him, 

 although in those days by no means a difficult 

 task. He himself was wont to say, " It was no 

 marvel Oxford was so learned a place, for men 

 brought up a fair stock of school learning, but 

 carried little away with them." 



When tempted by some hunting friend to 

 " send on," perhaps to Bicester-Windmill, or 

 Bradwell Grove — an arrangement involving a 

 heavy expense as to hack, hunter, and groom — 

 Russell would point pathetically to his own 

 broad chest and lament his inability to do so 

 in dolorous tones : ** Impossible, my dear fellow ; 

 I'm suffering just now from tightness of the 

 chest ; it's the old complaint ; and my doctor 

 won't let me hunt at any price." 



Still, hunting would have its vent, and Jack 

 managed to enjoy a liberal share of hunting, in 

 spite of Plutus and every other impediment. 



