28 The Teteott Hunt CUeek. 



during the week. Here I have before me the care- 

 fully-bred pack, with its very neat huntsman and 

 whip. Here I have before me the Master and his 

 guest, two of Devon's worthies, and who may rank 

 among her best sportsmen. Here also is Mr. 

 Sperling, another popular M.F.H., and the Messrs. 

 Lobb — *' par Lobbilefratnmt" — good men and true, 

 his predecessors, and who, succeeding Mr. Henry and 

 James Deacon and " the Leamons," made the third 

 pair of brothers that have of late years hunted the 

 country now called Mr. Sperling's, Mr. Kelly, of 

 Kelly, a most popular and successful Master, having 

 resigned it to them. Here, too, is Lord Ebrington 

 and Sir William Williams, the past and present 

 Master of the Devon and Somerset staghounds, also 

 many other distinguished lovers of the chase. 



But my attention is drawn away from this galaxy 

 of hunting men to some young ladies, who are now 

 advancing along the road. It is the same party — 

 accompanied by the same esquires — that assailed me 

 yestere'en with their lively jests. They come up to 

 me at once, as if wishing to make amends for any 

 offence they may have given me. The men whom I 

 called fiends are pleasant and friendly now. And 

 the ladies ! How could I have been so lost to 

 myself as to feel angry with such charming creatures ! 

 Now doubly charming, as they bring with them one 

 dearer and more welcome than the flowers in May, 



