NIMRO&S NOR THERN TO UR. coi 



may very easily be imagined. For, in the words of ore 

 poet 



" There are in nature certain sympathies, 



By which congenial souls are linked together, 

 Whose pow'rful influence attracts our minds, 

 By some enchantment not to be explain'd." 



And, in the words of another : 



" Congenial passions souls together bind, 

 And every calling mingles with its kind ; 

 Soldier unites with soldier, swain with swain, 

 The mariner with him that roves the main." 



" I hope you have straps to your trousers," said his lordship, 

 as I descended from the coach-box, " for I told you I should put 

 . you on the pig-skin as soon as you arrived. Here is a whipper- 

 in's horse waiting for you, and, as we have an hour or two to 

 spare, I'll show you some of my country, before you arrive at the 

 huntsman's stall." He did show me some of his country, and 

 some beautiful whin covers as well ; but, as I shall describe both 

 his countries at a future time, I shall content myself with ob- 

 serving, that, although I had had a good account of this, his 

 TurrifT country, in a letter from Mr. Pryse Pryse,* who had been 

 lately on a visit to him, it more than answered my expectation of 

 it, for the enjoyment of hounds. His lordship also appeared 

 pleased to show me the first " huntsman's stall" he had in this 

 country, previously to his establishing himself at Cask, which he 

 called the " Peat Stack ;" and I verily believe to the honour of 

 fox-hunting be it said no British nobleman ever dwelt in such 

 a cheerless looking hole before. His present residence at Cask, 

 however, which I will now endeavour to describe, is quite com- 

 plete for its size, and well deserving of the very classical appel- 

 lation of " the huntsman's stall." 



The house is situated within three miles of the small town of 

 Turrifif, to which there is a tolerably good, though not a turnpike, 

 road. There are about a hundred acres of land with it, which 

 his lordship has also taken on a lease, and has laid out about 

 ,1500 on the stables, kennels, and a few out-of-door offices, 

 which he has built to his own taste, and sufficiently good are 



* Mr. Pryse Pryse, of Boscot Park, Berks, is well known in the sporting 

 world as a master of fox- hounds in South Wales, and an owner of race- 

 horses in England. He took old Governor home with him from 

 Lord K.'s kennel as an agreeable companion, ;n a post-chaisealias, 

 to breed from. 



