170 MEMOIR OF 



" Iss, your honour ; they're jist ahead, running 

 like a peal of bells." 



"Then jump up behind me, pack and all," 

 said Russell, charmed with the man's enthusiasm 

 and evident love of hunting; ''jump up, and 

 you shall see a bit more of the sport." 



"Bedad, then," said Peter, "that I'll do;" 

 and as Russell adjusted Cottager to the bank, 

 Peter and his pack took their place behind the 

 cantle, notwithstanding the broad meanings dis- 

 played by the horse at being thus loaded. He then 

 turned to kick furiously, and never stopped kick- 

 ing till he had fairly floored Peter and his pack. 



Not long after this adventure, when Russell 

 was riding the chestnut horse Monkey, Peter 

 again met him, and said he had a great favour 

 to ask him, and that was, that he would allow 

 him to ride that horse over a five-barred gate, 

 with his hands tied behind his back, his face to 

 the horse's tail, and without saddle or bridle. 

 "And," said Peter, entreatingly, "I'll give ye 

 me pack, sir, af ye'll let me do it ; and, by me 

 sowl, 'tis worth five pounds." 



Russell, in a state of wonderment, inquired 

 why he w^as so anxious to perform such a feat, 

 pointing out the danger of attempting it in such 

 a fashion, 



" Faix, your honour," replied Peter, " I should 

 like to tell 'em what I've done in England when 

 I get back to the ould country." 



