30O MEMOIR OF 



exalted position he set the hounds at defiance. 

 No rope was at hand, and whilst some of the 

 party were absent in quest of one, the master 

 rode up, and tried to dislodge the deer from 

 his vantage-ground with his whip. I saw the 

 animal gather himself for a charge, and had 

 just time to successfully warn Sir Arthur against 

 the danger he was in. He turned aside, and 

 in a moment the deer leapt from the bank, 

 just missed the horse's head, as it was being 

 turned away, and with tremendous force plunged 

 his antlers deep into the ground." 



Short of death, one of the most frightful 

 injuries ever witnessed by Russell was inflicted 

 on a hound bred by Lord Portsmouth, and 

 called Falconer, in taking an old stag at Waters- 

 meet. Standing at bav above his knees, in the 

 East Lynn river, he drove his long brow- 

 antler up to its hilt in the hound's side ; 

 and then, in withdrawing it, brought out that 

 portion of the interior known as "the apron" 

 clinging to the rough inequalities of the blood- 

 stained horn. Almost sickened by the sight, 

 Russell put his whip around the hound's neck, 

 led him aside, and having drawn out the 

 apron as far as it would come, he cut it off 

 with a pair of scissors. He then inquired 

 if any gentleman or lady present happened 

 to have a needle and thread about them ; on 

 which a gentleman immediately came forward 



