SPORTSMAN 71 



" Whoop ! " and swore he had run his fox to 

 ground ; at the same time, told some person to 

 bring the hounds to worry his fox. This so alarmed 

 the man that he cried out for mercy ; on which it 

 was granted, and the captain left him, with the 

 promise that he would behave better for the future. 

 It happened, about three years afterwards, that 

 the writer was taking his hounds across the ground 

 belonging to this same farmer, whom he met at a 

 gate, and was told by him that he should not 

 ride that way across a field of newly-planted beans, 

 which were just come up. This the writer saw, 

 and told him that even had he not been there to 

 warn him, he certainly should have taken the 

 hounds, and the whole field of sportsmen round 

 outside the field, although a considerable distance 

 out of their way (which most assuredly he would 

 have done at all events). Having convinced the 

 farmer of it, he was allowed to pass, and shortly 

 after all the others ; who, by a little management 

 by waiting, were drawn all round the field. A fox 

 was shortly found in the cover adjoining, and after 

 a good run was killed, when the whipper-in came 

 up and delivered the following message from the 

 farmer : " Sir, the farmer came up to me, just 

 before the hounds went away with the fox, and 

 said, ' Young man, give my respects to your 

 master, and say, that although I am no fox-hunter 



