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shop." He was, however, by much entreaty, pre- 

 vailed on to forbear the application of this medicine ; 

 but from his serenading his patient every hunting 

 morning with the horn under his window, it was 

 impossible to withhold him ; nor did he ever lay 

 aside that halloo, with which he entered into all 

 companies, when he visited Jones, without any re- 

 gard to the sick person's being at that time either 

 awake or asleep. 



This boisterous behaviour, as it meant no harm, 

 so happily it effected none, and was abundantly 

 compensated to Jones, as soon as he was able to sit 

 up, by the company of Sophia, whom the squire 

 then brought to see him ; nor was it, indeed, long 

 before Jones was able to attend her to the harpsi- 

 chord, where she would kindly condescend, for hours 

 together, to charm him with the most delicious 

 music, unless when the squire thought proper to 

 interrupt her, 'by insisting on "Old Sir Simon," 

 or some other of his favourite pieces. 



Henry Fielding. 



From White's Selborne <:> y^p^ ^> 



THE king's stag-hounds came down to Alton, 

 attended by a huntsman and six yeoman 

 prickers, with horns, to try for the stag that has 

 haunted Hartley Wood for so long a time. Many 

 hundreds of people, horse and foot, attended the 

 dogs to see the deer unharboured ; but though the 

 huntsmen drew Hartley Wood, and Long Coppice, 

 and Shrubwood, and Temple Hangers, and in their 

 way back Hartley and Wardle-Ham Hangers, yet no 

 stag could be found. 



The royal pack, accustomed to have the deer 

 turned out before them, never drew the coverts 



