1876] 



ME. LUCY AS A SPOETSMAN. 



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this, as Mr. Miller has pointed out, was particularly 

 noticeable in the clog pack. Taking him all round, 

 however, there is no doubt that he was a splendid sports- 

 man, and thoroughly understood hunting. Perhaps his 

 want of success, latterly, as a master of hounds and 

 amateur huntsman arose from the fact that he was so 

 fond of the gun, and was too fond of waiting under a 

 hedge for 



AN OLD PARTRIDGE. 



