THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 5 



ness of the terms, nor will I quarrel with 

 them — suffice it to say, that I gulped down 

 my quantum as well as the rest, and 

 having marshalled all ranks in due order, 

 we set forth in right good humour for 

 Le bout de Lande. 



The French gentlemen of the original 

 club amounted to twelve in number ; 



these, with Captain G (the founder), 



and our three noble selves, made sixteen 

 guns — rather more than I either desired 

 or approved of. I had made it a sine qud 

 non, that they should put themselves under 

 my orders ; — it was agreed to unani- 

 mously, and I am bound to say they were 

 implicitly obeyed. I was most ably and 

 wiUingly assisted by our guide, who had 

 been a garde de chasse, and who tho- 

 roughly entered into my views — he un- 

 derstood his duty, and performed it well ; 

 added to which, his knowledge of every 



