THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. 103 



On one occasion, the story goes, Salusbury 

 Trelawnv had brought his fox, late in the day 

 and nearly at nightfall, to a point on the Tamar 

 below Newbridge. The river was swollen and 

 rapid, and it was judged impossible for a fox to 

 have swum such a distance in so rapid a 

 stream. Salusbury Trelawny thought otherwise, 

 so did Whirligig, and neither were of a temper 

 to be diverted from their purpose. Getting into 

 a small boat, he rowed over to the other side, 

 sitting in the stern and holding the bridle of his 

 hunter, Cattern or Lufra, lightly in hand, wiiile 

 the mare and the hound — both animals attached 

 in a singular degree to their chivalrous master 

 — crossed together, swimming side by side. 

 Not a hound followed. Whirligig recovered the 

 line on the other side, killed the half-drowned 

 fox, and master, hound, and horse, with the 

 head and brush, returned the way they came. 

 Brave * Old Sarum ! ' he was indeed a glorious 

 fellow : he and Newton Fellowes were samples 

 of the ^ genus homo' not easily to be found in 

 a modern dav." 



In addition to the names already mentioned, 

 nine other guests are severally described as 

 forming the 



" . . . . party assembled at Stover 



To hunt in the morning, and feast when 'twas over." 



They were the Rev. Edward Clarke, of St. 

 Dominick, Mr. George Leach, the Rev. John 



