234 REMINISCENCES OF 



Will Jones. Not a very large field ; Major and 

 Mrs. Amcotts. "Fairy" trod on a hound ("Royalty") 

 going through the first gate, Gillard was very good 

 about it. We found at once two foxes, whip 

 pursuing one wildly trying to guide it towards the 

 vale instead of the hill where it intended to go. 

 However, it went its own way, and we had to go 

 to the hill woods, where there was a good deal of 

 snow. They bumbled about for some time and at 

 last jogged to a wood, and did not find, and as it 

 was hailing in our faces we decided to go home to 

 Wiverton. He went up to London that night, and 

 on arriving at barracks found Bill was being " feasted " 

 by his brother officers, previous to his departure to 

 Australia, being appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Kin- 

 tore. 



Sunday, 3rd March. — He lunched with Lord 

 Kintore and dined with Bill. 



Monday, 4th March. — Father arrived by an earlier 

 train and walked up from Bingham. The trap was 

 sent for his things, and just before dinner Mark, the 

 butler, rushed in saying, " Please, sir, I am very sorry, 

 but you can't dress for dinner as only the shafts have 

 returned ". It seems that a cart had run into the 

 Musters' trap and it had broken in two, the carriage 

 part going into a ditch, the horse quietly jogging home 

 with the reins and shafts. After some time the men 

 appeared explaining matters. 



Tuesday, 5th March. — Hard frost ; had thought 

 of hunting with the Quorn, but too hard, so we put 

 " The Swell " into the Musters' dog-cart and drove off 



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