348 FIELD AND FERN. 



a fox ; Rhoderick, the low and thick line-hunter, 

 who runs in the middle of the pack, and of course 

 kills the foxes ; Sportsman and Songstress, the 

 last of the Syrens, good in themselves, and loved 

 for her sake ; Struggler and Striver, lathy, but full of 

 drive ; little Damsel, light over the chine, but never 

 idle ; Favourite from Fashion, whom Captain Wil- 

 liams declared to be the best ; Barmaid, simply " a 

 trimmer ;" the half-faced .Reginald, (S about our 

 leader, who'll turn at a mile for his master's 

 whistle ;" Standard, "my best friend," though he 

 has one eye, and his toes all but broken by a Rufford 

 trap ; Rhapsody, small but very pretty ; Ransom, 

 who can carry it further along a road than any of 

 them ; and Mystery, who was buried in a sand-bank 

 for nearly half-an-hour, and was speechless when she 

 was rescued, and yet scratched up to her fox again, 

 and held him till they were dug out. 



For slow work Standard and Bajazetwere the best, 

 and Struggler and Reginald quite the leaders of " the 

 guides." Standard was entered by Oxtoby, and nar- 

 rowly escaped being hung for roe deer ; and Winsome 

 was steady in her devotion to Lord Rosslyn. She was 

 -walked at Dysart, and would never leave his lordship, 

 except for a fox, and then finish 300 yards up a drain 

 at times. 



The last day of the Captain's reign was at Kilgras- 

 ton. They found at Glencairn, and ran to Invermay, 

 but they could hold the line no longer in such dry 

 weather. However, they drew Glencairn again, and 



