10 REMINISCENCES OF 



son" and " Goliath". The other one died at Harro- 

 gate, and they bought another for ^45, which I 

 used to ride afterwards at Leamington. 



We met Mr. Graham of Airth and his son, 

 Carolus, who used to go out fishing with me ; Mr. 

 Owen of Woodhouse and his daughters (the eldest 

 became Mrs. Middleton Biddulph of Chirk, and the 

 next one Mrs. Edward WiUiams) ; Mr. Billy Bagge 

 and his sister, afterwards Mrs. Villebois ; Sir Hope 

 Grant, who was then a subaltern in the 9th Lancers, 

 and his sister, Mrs. Speirs. They had balls in the 

 hotel, and I danced with Miss Bagge ! She was 

 very pretty. While at Buxton Miss Owen allowed 

 me to ride her horse — at least her father did. It was 

 the first big horse that I had ever ridden. 



We drove on from Buxton to Leamington, where 

 my father consulted Dr. Jephson, who was famous at 

 that time. 



One day my cousin, Emily Adam, who lived with 

 us, lost her watch in Wakerley Wood. I remembered 

 having cut a hazel stick there, and next day we went 

 back and found the watch at the very place where I 

 had cut the stick. 



We were all together there for the Christmas holi- 

 days. It was a tremendous hard frost, and Captain 

 Hibbert of Bilton Grange, and Captain Pearson, 

 afterwards the owner of " Achievement," etc., had a 

 sledge, and gave us a drive on Christmas day. Mr. 

 Fellowes of Shottisham, Norfolk, was then Master 

 of the Warwickshire Hounds. 



Willy Adam and I were at Putney three years. 



