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houuds. I have always endeavoured to do my duty to my employer, 

 and to you all aud if I have succeeded iu pleasing you, that would 

 have been quite sufficient recompense for me. I am siire that that 

 splendid testimonial is far more than I deserve, or even could desire. 

 I am glad to say that I have received a hearty welcome from the 

 subscribers aud farmers in Cheshire, and I mean to do my level be.st to do 

 my duty to my new master and to them all. But, of course, old friends are 

 better than new ones, and kindly as I have been received by all classes in 

 Cheshire, I hope I shall never forget my old friends in Warwickshire. 

 (Applause.) The many kindnesses I have received from the good old 

 Warwickshire farmers will for ever dwell in my memory. My lords, ladies, 

 and gentlemen, it is impossi]:)le for me to find words to express my gratitude 

 for what you have done for me to-day, but I assure you I shall never forget 

 it, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. (Applause.) Captain 

 Allfrey, who has l)oen most indefatigable in l^ringiug tlie matter of the 

 testimonial to so successful an issue, had the cup filled with champagne and 

 replenished, and not a ievf drank to Boore's good health. 



Carew's wild scream, so clear and shrill. 

 Startles the moorcock on the hill. 



George Templar^s Poems. 



We have mifortunately only just received tlie late Sir 

 Walter Carew's diary. It would liave helped to fill a gap 

 at the time Jones hunted the hounds, though Sir Walter 

 saw most of his hunting in the Shires from Scraptoft, 

 where he went first in 1841 ; from Lowesby Hall, where he 

 went in 1 843 ; from Baggrave, and from Melton. He 

 was at Leamington in March, 1838, where he appears to 

 have hunted nearly every day except Sundays. We note 

 that on the 3rd of March they had a very fast hurst, and 

 that the Farnborough Brook was full of horses. " Panic," 

 he says, "jumped it well." 



On Monday, March 5th, they had a very long run from 

 Ufton Wood, by Compton Yerney, over Edge Hill, back to 

 Graydon, and stopped the hounds. This must have been 

 the celebrated run of which we give the majD. Sir Walter 

 rode Ashburton and General Arthur Taylor Eedshank. 

 [I have often heard him s])eak of this horse as a most deter- 

 mined puller. — W. E. Y.] 



On March 28th, Sir Walter met the P;>H;chley at 

 Misterton, had a very good run from Hillmorton, by Crick, 

 to Win wick Warren — earthed, dug, and killed. In 

 December, 1843, he hunted ten times with the Warwick- 



