HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 35 



had a most devoted wife, and if he was an hour 

 or so late she suffered agonies. On one occa- 

 sion he had a fall, and damaged his hat ; he was 

 obliged to buy a new one for fear his accident 

 should be discovered. 



An Account of a Day with the Duke of 



Beaufort's hounds, given by 



Mrs. Tawke, aged 93. 



About seventy years ago, when I was 

 living with my father and mother, in Bath, on 

 one fine mild morning in November I walked 

 from home to breakfast at a friend's house at 

 eight o'clock. Her husband was in a cavalry 

 regiment (and they were spending their leave 

 in Bath), having brought with him three 

 chargers which he hunted with the Duke of 

 Beaufort's hounds. 



My horse came from a good livery stable, 

 where many people staying in Bath for the 

 winter kept their hunters. 



We had a very long ride to the Meet, 

 passing Lansdowne, arriving just in time. 

 There was a very large field. 



I must now give you a description of my 

 friend. She was tall and handsome, with a very 

 elegant figure, and quantities of fair hair very 

 loosely dressed. She was quite unaccustomed 

 to riding, and sitting rather as one may say on 

 "tip-toe." The habit was very long and the 

 skirt full, and looking below the waist it was 

 quite evident that she had not removed her 



