1880] WEONGLY SORTED. 51 



correct, as they were very near neighbours, which made the 

 exchauo^e all the more ludicrous. 



In the same way Leech's Mr. Briggs brought back a 

 donkey, after going to the Derby, in exchange for his own 

 horse, and commended him particularly to the care of his 

 o\vn groom. 



The matter of sorting reminds me that at the time 

 when I was at Oxford a man, belonging to Oriel College, 

 came to dine with a friend at Christ Church, and 

 accompanied him afterwards to a wine party, at which 

 l)oth of them had rather too much. Finally, the Christ 

 Church man went with his friend in order to see him safe 

 out of Canterbury Grate on his way back to Oriel, hut the 

 irro)i(/ mail went out! and shortly afterwards the gate was 

 closed for the night ! The Oriel man remained in " the 

 house," and the Christ Church man did not dare go into 

 Oriel, but remained out for the night. Next day, when 

 the porter of Canterbury Grate reported the matter to the 

 Dean, he said : "If you please, Sir, the two gentlemen did 

 not seem able to sort themselves ! " 



I remember seeing a neighbour of mine, who was a 

 well-known good whip, get into another man's phaeton iit 

 the door at Walton, and drive it a considerable distance 

 before he found out his mistake.— C. M. 



A midshipman once rode a horse to the Derby, and 

 stabled him in a booth. After the race was over he could 

 not for the life of him remember which was his horse, so 

 he had to wait till all the other horses were claimed, for 

 fear of being taken up for horse snatching. — H. C. N. 



" This character, now worn out, was the old country 

 squire — I mean the little independent gentleman of 800/. 

 a year — who commonly appeared in a plain drab or plush 

 coat, large silver buttons, a jockey cap, and rarely without 

 boots. His time was principally spent in hunting, 

 shooting, &c. The mansion of one of these squires was 

 of plaister, striped with timber, not unaptly called 

 " callamanco " work, or of red brick, large casemented 

 {sic) bow windows, and a porch, with seats in it. The hall 



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