HUNTS WITH JORROCKS 



his horse, that our master was obliged to feel 

 along his back to his tail, to be sure that he 

 hadn't got hold of Xerxes instead of Arterxerxes ; 

 for though if our friend had been selling him, 

 he would have sworn that Xerxes was far the 

 best of the two finest 'oss wot ever was seen, 

 in fact yet an inconvenient jerk he had with 

 his hind- quarters in his jumps, more than counter- 

 balanced any little additional speed he had over 

 Arterxerxes. It took Mr. Jorrocks more time 

 to get shuffled back into his saddle after a leap 

 on Xerxes, than Arterxerxes would have lost by 

 his steady laborious plodding, to say nothing of 

 the inconvenience of riding on a horse's neck, 

 instead of on his back. But to our story. Pigg, 

 like a prudent man, had coupled the strange 

 hounds with some of their own, or they would 

 have been all over the town in no time. Master 

 and man spurred briskly on, Jorrocks acting 

 whipper-in, and Pigg yoicking and coaxing the 

 hounds to him as best he could. They cleared 

 the town, and got to the Whickenby Gate before 



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