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and was very down. Jim Tread well was hunts- 

 man. One of the whips called Penny was nearly 

 black. 



Old Lord Portman came over one day to try to 

 persuade old Farquharson to give up some of his 

 country, but he did not succeed. He was very kind 

 to me, and I went often out hunting with him, and 

 stayed at Langton. I met old Billy Butler, the 

 sporting parson, who was a friend of George IV. 

 He rode thoroughbred horses, and was followed by 

 a groom in a blue coat down to his heels. One day 

 about luncheon time he said to his servant (they were 

 standing in a turnip-field at the time, hounds draw- 

 ing covert), " Jan, gi'e me a turnip ". " Maester, 

 they be Swedes." On 12th November I went on 

 leave. 



The 9th Lancers went to India in 1842, and 

 served all through the Indian Mutiny under Sir 

 Hope Grant. The following notice appeared in the 

 Times on their return : — 



" The remaining squadron of the 9th Lancers, 

 which had been sent for the morning previously, 

 had joined us from Bareilly, and the regiment was 

 now complete. It would be unjust to officers and 

 men if one were to allow them to pass without a 

 word of praise for their appearance in the field and 

 their efficiency in all points. They have been now 

 sixteen years in India, and it would be difficult to 

 find any cavalry regiment in the world which could 

 compete with them in all the qualities which consti- 

 tute a perfect service regiment. Notwithstanding 



