24 Charles, Third Baron Southampton. 



but cross-country work he could not manage. 

 Lord Southampton next engaged an aged man 

 named Boxall, and a disappointing season was the 

 result. In 1845 J^^k Jones was huntsman, he 

 had been first whipper-in. Jack did fairly well ; 

 still Lord Southampton was not satisfied. A man 

 named Bullen hunted a little during the next 

 season, and my lord did more himself. We had 

 some very fair sport. 



Butler, from Yorkshire, of great repute, came, 

 but he had grown heavy and very fussy. He had 

 been, 1 have no doubt, a good man in his day. 

 On one occasion, in the month of November, we 

 were in Plane Woods ; the hounds w^ere engaged 

 with a creeping, miserable little fox for more 

 than an hour. My lord came to me and said : 

 " I will leave this fox, would not you? " 



*' No, my lord, I would not," I replied. 

 *' Twenty couples of hounds and three men to 

 be beaten by such a bad fox, I think, looks 

 cowardly; give him an hour more." In ten 

 minutes this fox started, and ran an eight mile 

 point without touching a covert, for the last mile 

 the hounds ran in view. 



Butler did not finish the season, and we got 

 through without anything better than the above- 

 mentioned run. 



