22 ECHOES OF SPORT 



even in the fading light. Homewards into 

 the valley where the great river runs. 



We left the moor to its silence in the mist, 

 but we carried in our hearts the memory of its 

 charm and mystery. 



Since then I have taken part in many hare 

 drives on this moor with My Lord and My 

 Lady and others, but though the bags have 

 increased in number, even to over a hundred 

 hares in the day, yet that first time stands out 

 always as the best, with all its elements of 

 sport and joyous companionship. 



