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know what to do. One chap in a punt made a dab 

 under water and caught hold of the deer's hind leg, 

 and very nearly drowned it, for it was so blown. 

 Then the row became louder, for the whips holloaed 

 and swore, the cads yelled to the fellow to hold on, 

 and between them all the poor brute was pulled to 

 land near dead, and a cord round his horns was 

 pulled by some chaps and the deer came up the 

 bank ; then they capped the hounds on to him while 

 two chaps held him. King and the hounds galloped 

 up as if they were going to kill him at once, but only 

 one hound offered to touch him, and flew at his nose 

 and hung on. The hound was the best they have 

 got, called ' Warrior '. I asked King what he was 

 going to do with him, and he said he would have 

 him killed when he went home because it was such 

 a brute. It swam from Surley Locks down to Athens 

 Bay with half the pack in the water. They went 

 home immediately afterwards. Wickham, Charles- 

 worth and Harris were the only Eton fellows there. 

 Wickham is Mrs. Gregory's nephew. He said that 

 it did one good to see a red coat again, although it 

 was all covered with ' brass '. They begin regular 

 hunting on Tuesday. 



" I believe they are going to build new kennels 

 here for the beagles, and it will be much better, as 

 half the fellows don't bring them on account of kennel 

 lameness. The kennels are at present twenty yards 

 from the river, and in it during the floods. What 

 could it be done for? Currey (captain of boats) 

 says he will have it done if it costs under thirty 



