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kennel and the stable — belied and slandered him. With 

 all his roughness of manner and exterior, his mind was 

 well stored, particularly on those subjects that his fancy at 

 all called his attention to. To prove this, he was busied 

 to the very latest period of his life, and as long as he could 

 hold his pen, in preparing a new work for the press on 

 foxhunting, in which he introduced many interesting and 

 amusing anecdotes. 



"To those who knew and were accustomed to live 

 much with Colonel Cook, and to see him in his cups, the 

 relation of his quaint and eccentric expressions and anec- 

 dotes are unnecessary ; and to those who did not know 

 him, I doubt whether they would excite much interest. 

 One sure sign of the influence of the juicy god on him was 

 his becoming very noisy, hallooing and tally-ho-ing, and 

 when in an advanced state of this kind it was most difficult 

 to move him or get him to bed. I remember his once 

 being asked to withdraw from the table and join the ladies, 

 where he would hear some excellent music. He said : 

 " Damn all music except the music of a pack of foxhounds. 

 By gosh! I am like the man who was fond of his garden, 

 and who, when asked by a lady to give her some choice 

 flower, replied : ' Madam, I cultivate no flower but cauli- 

 flower.' " 



