POMPONIUS EGO 



of the day's sport to his northern huntsman and 

 the feeder. 



By these it was arranged to run a drag of 

 aniseed and red herring over some of the best 

 of their country, and to turn down a fox at the 

 far end, in some convenient, unsuspicious-looking 

 place. The evening before Mr. Ego was to arrive, 

 James Pigg communicated the find, the run, 

 and the finish, to Mr. Jorrocks, with such other 

 information as would enable our master to ride 

 to points without exciting suspicion, and Mr. 

 Jorrocks undertook to say as much to Benjamin 

 as would put the boy on his mettle, without let- 

 ting him too much into the secret. 



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