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The iiounds swam beside, 

 And around each was tied 

 A cork jacket for fear he should sink. 



IV. 



'Tis the ohl fashioned Ledbury way, 

 First invented by Noah they say ; 



As that l)old Patriarch 



Used to hunt from the Ark, 

 So the Ledl)ury hunt to this day. 



Then the wliips were in whiffs, 



The hard riders in skiffs, 



While the heavy weights rowed in a wherry. 



But the master was first. 



In a pretty sharp burst, 

 For he rigged up a sail on the ferry, 



VI. 



It was thus we went hunting that day, 

 The best men of Ledbury say, 



That a flat-bottomed punt 



Is the right thing to hunt. 

 If you must go out hunting that day. 



VII. 



'Tis the Ledbury cure, 



For all weather 'tis sure, 



Save except in a real ringing frost. 



Bid adieu to your saddle, 



And take to your paddle. 

 And learn how that country is crossed. 



So the next time you're Ledbury way. 

 Do not think of the chesnut or gray ; 



But jumj) into a punt. 



And you'll see such a hunt. 

 As you cannot see every day. 



Mr. Eandal Plunket was staying with that well known 

 Tsportsman, Mr. Henry Lloyd Baker, at Hardwicke Court. 

 They went out hunting with that sporting pack, the Led- 

 bury. There had been a very sudden thaw, and heavy rains, 

 and they hunted a good deal in flo<jded fields, and perhaps 



