NOTES TO THE HUNTING SONGS 



Note i, p. i. 

 Wells in the saddle is sealed. 



WELLS was a huntsman of the old school, whose like is seldom 

 seen in these degenerate days. Reappears to have adopted 

 the maxim of the old Cornish huntsman — " Master finds horse, 

 and I find neck." He doated upon every hound in his pack, with as 

 much fondness as a father feels for his children. In the course of his 

 career he fractured his ribs twice, and broke his collar-bone seven 

 times. After living six-and-thirty years under different managers of 

 the Bedfordshire Hounds, during twenty-four of which he hunted them 

 himself, he came to Mr. Wicksted, with whom he remained during the 

 eleven years that he hunted the Woore Country. He was then engaged 

 by Sir Thomas Boughey, and died in his service, March 30, 1847. 



Note 2, p. 2. 



The Vicar, the Squire, or tlie Major. 



The Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Vicar of Davenham ; the Rev. 

 James Tomkinson (the Squire of Dorfold) ; and Major (the late 

 Colonel) Tomkinson of the Willingtons. 



Note 3, p. 3. 



Ford. 



Charles Ford, Esq., was at that time one of the most active 

 members of the Gorse Cover Committee. 



Note 4, p. 4. 



Charlie flings on the saddle his rein. 



Charles Wicksted, Esq., the hero of this Song, hunted the Woore 

 Country from the year 1825 to the year 1836. 



It was ever Mr. Wicksted's chief delight to know that his hounds 



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