HUNTS WITH JOKROCKS 



going to pop the tender question, Arterxerxes 

 gave such a terrible stumble, as nearly sent him 

 out of his saddle. He then took to jagging and 

 objurgating the horse, which put it out of his 

 head, and by the time he got himself and his 

 horse appeased, he was thinking of his dinner. 



As they proceeded, the spangled hedges 

 dropped their jewels the fields gradually re- 

 sumed their pristine hue and on reaching Bump- 

 mead Heath, all nature smiled with the sweet- 

 ness of premature spring. What a concourse 

 was there ! Flys, carriages, gigs, hunters, hacks, 

 donkeys, all to see an author on horseback ! 



' There ! ' said Mr. Jorrocks, pointing to the 

 field as they turned from the road and entered 

 the wide expanding common, 'wot an 'unt mine 

 is ! Shall present them to you in reg'lar rotation 

 largest subscribers fust, and so on, down to 

 the three-guinea coves. This little podgy cock 

 on the cob is Latitat the lawyer. Bein' a werry 

 thick-winded little sinner, they call him Whezey, 

 junior. Yon bouy on the brown, that is fidgetin' 



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