76 REMINISCENCES OF 



I took my chance, heavy loads or light, and got 

 practice which was useful to me ever afterwards. 



Poor Bill Cherry a few years after (when the rail 

 was opened to Southampton, instead of going to 

 Salisbury the mail went through the New Forest) 

 got off the road in a fog and upset the coach. It 

 fell on his head and dashed his brains out. 



13th April. — The day after arriving at Dor- 

 chester I got out roe-hunting with Major Shirley's 

 harriers at Milton Abbas. I rode " Cannibal " and 

 mounted Spicer on " Viceroy ", Had one day with 

 Farquharson at Moreton, and one more day roe- 

 hunting, and that finished the season. 



I had got my troop before the regiment left 

 Hounslow, when Whalley retired. It cost ^5,000. 

 I insured my life for ^5,000. I have been a good 

 bargain for the Insurance Company as I have paid 

 ;^ 1 1 9 for sixty years. 



At that time the regiment was under orders for 

 India. One night when I returned to barracks at 

 7 A.M. I found John Madocks in my bed. He had 

 come up from Exeter. I laid down on the sofa and 

 went to sleep. By-and-bye he said, " Where have 

 you been, and what have you been doing ? " I said, 

 " I have been to London to see about an exchanpfe, 

 and I mean to go into the Carabineers". "Oh, 



d n it, no. Don't be a heavy, and wear a brass 



hat." I said, "The only other regiment in which 

 there are any vacancies is the 13th. There is a 

 Captain and Lieutenant who wish to exchange." 

 " Let's go together wherever we go," said he. " All 



