28 MEMOIR OF 



the power of imparting to the minutest detail. 

 They will remember it as a picture painted by 

 a master-hand, with its light and shade strong 

 as one of Rembrandt's ; a picture true to life 

 as was ever transferred to canvas. 



It may well be imagined, then, how effec- 

 tually those poetic touches must have inspired 

 his youthful hearers with a longing to traverse 

 the same wild moors, to witness the same 

 exciting scenes, and to play their part as their 

 forefathers and he had done, with like energy 

 and like love for the manly game. With hunt- 

 ing blood already running richly in their veins, 

 he must have stirred it to the very depths of 

 their hearts ; and, beyond all doubt, the poetry 

 of the scene, the music of the hounds, and 

 the odour of the heather will cling to their 

 memories for many a day to come. 



Russell's return to Oxford about the 20th 

 of October brought his stag-hunting to a close 

 for the remainder of that season ; but he must 

 have been a gourmand indeed, if the bountiful 

 bill of fare provided by Alma Mater did not 

 fully satisfy his physical as well as mental 

 requirements. He had only been a short time 

 in residence at Exeter when a Kentish man, 

 called Denne, of Lydd, a gentleman-commoner 

 of the same college, introduced him to a pro- 

 fessor of pugilism, one Rowlands, who, having 

 graduated in the school founded by John 



