THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. loi 



The hunting men, however, with whom 

 Russell associated at Teignbridge, brilliant riders 

 and first-class sportsmen as a few of them 

 were, constituted but a small portion of the 

 party who met at Stover to enjoy Mr. Temp- 

 ler's hospitality, and hunt with his hounds. 

 The following gentlemen, fellow-sportsmen with 

 Russell, the remembrance of whom will long be 

 cherished in the county of Devon, are notably 

 mentioned in the spirited verses to which 

 allusion has already been made. 



First on the list comes Mr. John King, of 

 Fowelscombe, "John King of the West," an 

 able sportsman, who, according to Russell, knew 

 the habits of a fox better than most men of his 

 day. After hunting a portion of Mr. Pode's 

 country in Devon, Mr. King became Master 

 of the Hambledon Hounds, and subsequently, 

 while following Mr. Trelawny's pack, died in 

 the saddle on Dartmoor. 



2. Mr. John Crocker Bulteel, of Flete, the 

 originator of the Lyneham Pack, afterwards so 

 famous under the mastership of Mr. Trelawny. 

 Besides being a keen sportsman, Mr. Bulteel's 

 genius was one of the highest order, and the 

 sallies of wit, which, like the sparkling brooks 

 of his native country, flowed so pleasantly from 

 his tongue, must have made the very rafters of 

 Stover ring with merriment. In such company 

 whether in the field or at "table-board," 



