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and the kind reception they had met with, they 

 hastened to the '^Diike William" Inn at Skelton, 

 where they stayed for two or three days. 

 ^' Bread and cheese and yal', lads, '11 mak' us 

 gang through fire an' watter," said they ; and so 

 it seemed from the immense distances they 

 followed hounds on foot. History relates that on 

 this occasion an adventurous tailor joined the 

 company ; but when, towards the end of the 

 second day, the ' mirth and fun grew fast and 

 furious,' he thought it was time to depart, and 

 no other road being open to him, he made a 

 hasty but undignified exit through the closed 

 window, the sash of which he took clean out, his 

 flight being accompanied by a perfect chorus of 

 view holloas. 



A connecting link between the rough and ready 

 style of the old Roxby hunt, and the orthodox 

 establishment over which Mr. John Andrew, 

 sen. presided, was old Tommy Page, as enthusi- 

 astic a sportsman as ever cheered a hound. 

 Although, properly speaking, he belonged to the 

 latter period, yet he had something to do with 

 the old Roxby hunt, and knew much of its 

 history. His love of hunting was not shared by 

 all his relatives, and he used to relate with great 

 glee how an aunt of his was given to upbraiding 

 him on his sporting proclivities. Once she asked 

 him in a peculiarly sarcastic manner why they 

 hunted foxes. Tommy, who was never much at 



