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"Then," said Russell, "he ought to be bred 

 from," giving him, as he did so, a hearty 

 shake bv the hand. 



When the Royal Agricultural Society of 

 England held its meeting at Plymouth in 1865, 

 Russell, by command of the Prince of Wales, 

 was invited by Admiral Sir Henry Keppel to 

 meet his Royal Highness at dinner, the Admi- 

 ralty House at Devonport being the rendezvous 

 for the distinguished party assembled on that 

 occasion. The banquet appears to have been 

 an unusually pleasant one ; nor is it at all extra- 

 ordinary that it should have been so, for, in 

 addition to the Prince's wonted affability and 

 love of hunting, the Admiral and his Flag- Lieut., 

 Lord Charles Beresford, besides being the best 

 of company, were both men after Russell's own 

 heart — enthusiastic sportsmen, and regular atten- 

 dants on Mr. Trelawny's hounds. 



In strolling through the show-yard on the 

 following day, Russell whispered to a friend 

 that " The ship commanded by two such 

 officers must be a jolly boat indeed, for they 

 were the jolliest set of fellows he had met for 

 many a day." 



Sailors, when they take to hunting, pro- 

 verbially do it con amore, and certainly it may 

 be inferred that those gentlemen were no 

 exception to that rule ; for when they left 

 Plymouth for other quarters, Mr. Trelawny 



