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unceasing gaiety, was indeed a treat never to 

 be forgotten. 



" I remember that once, at Chulmleigh, we 

 had no less than six AE.F.H.'s present at one 

 dinner-party, viz., Newton Fellowes, who sat 

 next to me, John Bulteel, John King, Templer, 

 Sir Walter Carew, and Jack Russell. The first 

 stuck to his port like a man, flooring his two 

 bottles in true orthodox stvle ; while the others 

 drank punch — Henlev Rogers (the Admiral) and 

 Sir John mixing the 'materials ; ' Sir John of gin, 

 most patronized, and the Admiral of rum." 



Again, Mr. Trelawny adds: "Whenever I 

 have sat at the same dinner-table with Jack 

 Russell he has been the life of the party." 



The sale of horses by auction, which took 

 place after dinner, while the svmposium was at 

 its height, was often considerable, and added 

 no little to the amusement and sociality of the 

 Chulmleigh meetings. It was competent for any 

 one to put up his friend's horse without even 

 consulting him ; the rule being that the owner 

 should be allowed one bid only to protect him- 

 self. Consequently, many a man, bidding care- 

 lessly, too often found himself in the possession 

 of a steed or steeds he had not the remotest 

 intention of buying ; the owner declining to inter- 

 fere by a bid of his own with the last bidder. 



A shilling being dropped into a wine-glass 

 and the horse named, the bidding was then 



