THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. iSi 



for believing that he was, in truth, influenced 

 by conscientious scruples onlv, rather than bv 

 any ill-will to Russell ; for in speaking of him 

 apart from his profession, he was wont to express 

 his unbounded admiration of his manlv power 

 and pre-eminent ability in all that pertained to 

 the science of woodcraft. 



Great indeed was the indignation, especially 

 of the hunting community, at this wholesale 

 massacre of the foxes. One Jack White, a 

 horse-dealer, is said to have upbraided Mr. 

 Woolcombe, who was a verv tall man, to his 

 very face. 



"Let me tell you, sir," said Jack, "that 

 you're six feet four of the very worse stuff as 

 I ever seed wrapped up in one bundle. Gude 

 morning, sir." 



It was not without good reason, therefore, 

 that Mr. Phillipps, either from a mistrust in the 

 friendship of the cover-owners, or from a manly 

 feeling that he would be doing Russell an 

 ill-service by continuing to hunt that country, 

 declined, after the day at Gribbleford Bridge, 

 to bring his hounds again to that locality, and 

 thenceforth devoted himself exclusively to the 

 region round about Tetcott and Pencarrow. 

 One thing is certain, that in every transaction 

 with respect to Russell and the Broadbury 

 country, Mr. Phillipp's conduct was always 

 straightforward and altogether unimpeachable. 



