132 REMINISCENCES OF 



A little time after he got a place as valet with Mr. 

 Cole, one of the Enniskillen family, and was with him 

 many years. 



Very good sport after Christmas. Killed thirty- 

 two brace, twelve to orround. 



There were no hounds in Fife in the season 

 1848-49. I thought it advisable to go and live at 

 home and re-establish the Fife pack, and therefore 

 sent in my resignation at Atherstone. My horses 

 were sold at Tattersall's on the i6th June — a very 

 good sale. 



I had been treated with the greatest kindness by 

 every one in the Atherstone country. On the 4th 

 July I invited many members of the hunt to dine 

 with me at Grillion's Hotel. 



Mr. Wilson succeeded me as master. He had 

 hunted with me and lived in Atherstone. He took 

 a house in the village of Sheepy, engaged Goodall 

 as huntsman and Trueman as first whip. Every- 

 thing was turned out in first-rate style, second horses, 

 luncheon cases, flasks, hammers, etc., but the season 

 was not a successful one. 



