154 Hark Away. 



ship of " Raymond," who shows the looker-on liow 

 the thing is done by riding a nag as fresh as paint 

 over a well-furzed bar in the straw-laid yard, with 

 his hands in his pockets. Next I am shown the nag 

 that had been selected to carry the Prince Imperial 

 on the occasion of his visit to these parts, and a very 

 good-looking and useful animal I found him ; and I 

 was informed that this royal sportsman rode him 

 well, and is a very pleasant and agreeable per- 

 sonage. It is to be hoped that when the French 

 nation is weary of Republicanism, and recalls this 

 scion of a royal race back to rule over them, he will 

 set an example to his subjects by encouraging a 

 taste for hunting throughout his dominions. 



Having minutely examined the stud, a brisk walk 

 to the farm was the next thing to be done, and, as 

 I crossed the grass, it was evident, to my mind, that 

 there was no chance of any hunting for some days, 

 the cold being intense, and the ground as hard as 

 the heart of a poor-law guardian. My attention was 

 at once attracted to a prime lot of Canadian bullocks, 

 grazing in a meadow adjacent to the farm house. 

 Having some three or four years since been inter- 

 ested in the importation of cattle from America, I at 

 last find the subject is attracting much attention, 

 though at the period alluded to no one would join 

 in the enterprise. Now I learn that steps have been 

 taken to ship large numbers of beasts from Galveston, 

 a small town in Texas, and that a similar movement 

 is going on in Colorado. The importance of this 

 trade to our farmers is obvious. With wheat at the 

 low average at which it is quoted, and maize at the 

 small price that is now offered on the London and 



