48 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



We had just found in Potash, and we were 

 galloping through a disused farmyard ; I sup- 

 pose she came on a stone covered with grass — 

 it was done in a moment. 



March 6th. 



Met at Latchingdon. Very nice run. 



March 14th. 



Fortune of War. Very good day. 



October 20th. 



Meet was at Thundersley. Good day, 

 and killed at the Carpenter's Arms. 



November 24th. 



Met at Rayleigh, found in Pound Wood; 

 out on the north side pointing for Rawreth Hall, 

 but turning left-handed along the brook we 

 went over Lime House, through the Plantations 

 and on to Coombe Wood ; without dwelling a 

 moment they were away on the west side, cross- 

 ing the Pitsea Road on to Bowers, to Canvey 

 Island ; and this good run only came to an end 

 when we reached the river Thames. 



Tiger managed to subside into a ditch, but 

 I can't complain much as during the twenty 

 years I rode him he only gave me three falls. 

 He was a very powerful horse, and if he did put 

 a foot wrong, he could generally recover himself 

 before I had time to fall off. It used to be said 

 of Tiger, he could climb a tree or go down a 

 well in safety. 



