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distinguished and honourable Borough Members of 

 the present day. These two engravings are admir- 

 able as representative of a variety of terrier seldom 

 found now, and certainly more picturesque than 

 some modern strains. 



A few years since I came across a somewhat odd, 

 but not an unusual mixture to find in a man a 

 combination of gamekeeper, fisherman, poacher, and 

 labourer. He belonged to the north country, and 

 always told me his blood was of the best. Certainly 

 his name was the same as that of a family that had 

 been settled on land of their own before the 

 conqueror William came over, and whose pride it 

 was to boast that they had never paid fee or fealty 

 to any Norman invader. This fellow and I were 

 friends for years. He was fond of sport of all kinds, 

 observant of the habits of animals and fish, whilst 

 the rarer plants and ferns did not escape his 

 penetrating eyes. The first time we met was at the 

 riverside, when fishing a deep hole for salmon with 

 worm. Whilst I was tying up my rod he had a bite, 

 which he said was that of an eel, for the line quietly 

 travelled down the current just in the manner it does 

 when such a fish is running away with the bait. 

 However, in this instance the eel turned out to be a 

 nice, bright 7lb. grilse, which was hooked, and, in 

 due course, neatly netted by the writer. 



