HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 39 



Wood was riding Mulvaney's one-eyed mare, 

 called " Patent-Safety." He was very nearly 

 drowned trying to ford the river west of Battles- 

 bridge. He is now a Judge, so we will hope 

 he has learnt wisdom. On another occasion 

 when he was out with " Patent-Safety," he took 

 a toss into the brook below Pandam, lost his 

 watch and purse containing ^5. For days 

 afterwards the whole juvenile population spent 

 its spare moments wading about in the brook 

 in search of treasure. 



September 30th. Saturday. Belvoir Arms. 



Fine morning. Went cub hunting for the 

 first time this season. Met at 7 a.m. Found 

 plenty of foxes in Mill Wood and Foxearths, 

 also Moor Gardens, but the scent was not good 

 enough to do much with them. Carnegie had 

 a fall, and got his leg squashed between his 

 horse and the bank, but I don't think much 

 damage done ; anyhow, we left off there. 



Note. — Mr. Carnegie was most unfortu- 

 nate in meeting with accidents. He fell heavily, 

 and there was such a length of him, that when 

 he did come down there was generally some 

 portion of his body under the horse. 



October 23rd. 



Met at Rochford. Mr. Carnegie not out, 

 so George hunted the hounds. Found at 

 Barton Hall, ran by Loftman's, over Scott's 

 Hall, Hyde-Ashingdon, and killed at Trinity. 



