1 98 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



with him and his cousin, when, coming across the meadows 

 between Loughton Shaws and Abridge, Mr. Frederick 

 Green jumped his favourite hunter, Glynn, over a stiff post 

 and rail fence and got a fall. The other two opened a 

 gate. Nothing daunted, Mr. P'rederick Green, on reaching 

 the river Roding, plunged straight in ; and, on seeing him 

 get over successfully, Mr. Bevan followed him. Mr. C. E. 

 Green, followed by his faithful henchman, Crawley, feared, 

 with his great weight, that his horse would be unable to 

 climb out of the muddy bed of the river, so went two miles 

 round by Abridge. Remembering this event in the sub- 

 sequent season, when hounds ran from Bishop's Hall to 

 Loughton Shaws, Mr. Bevan attempted to repeat the 

 passage of the Roding in an opposite direction, but with 

 a most unsuccessful result ; for, getting into deep water, 

 he and his horse were both nearly drowned, and only 

 emerged after a struggle in an exhausted condition, and 

 with the loss of both stirrups. A yokel, who had been 

 standing by watching the proceedings, pointed to a spot 

 on the river bank, about fifty yards off, and mentioned, 

 in a casual sort of way to the dripping sportsman, " That' s 

 where Mr. Green went through last winter ! " A gallop 

 to Abridge and an exchange of wet clothes for a dry 

 suit belonging to Mr. Percy Hargreaves, an all round 



