CHAPTER III. 



ADAM SHERWOOD, CHIMNEY-SWEEP 

 AND SPORTSMAN. 



No history of the Grafton Hunt can be considered 

 complete which does not contain a memoir of 

 one who was a great celebrity in his day — T mean 

 Adam Sherwood, a sweeper of chimneys residing 

 at Stony Stratford. He had a great taste for 

 fox-hunting, and gained a considerable know- 

 ledge of the '^ Art and Science." Living so near 

 to the forest, he obtained a good deal of practice 

 in the autumn and spring. He had no great taste 

 for cross-country work ; for, truth to tell, his steed 

 was not exactly thoroughbred. Adam's hunting 

 costume consisted, most appropriately, of a 

 " chimney-pot " hat, the altitude of which had been 

 considerably lowered by repeated bangs upon the 

 top, and large wrinkles on the sides ; a green 

 smock-frock, and corduroy continuations com- 

 pleted his attire. Adam always wore a smile upon 



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