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himself as his moderate share of recompense for arduous 

 service, and after decorating the necks of the companions 

 of his toilsome victory, with the divided brush, trophies 

 of the honors lost by their absent masters, ordered them 

 home with their prizes. 



They readily obeyed stimulated by empty stomachs, and 

 safely bore to the cottage of good Cupid, the kind keeper 

 of the kennel, the self interpreting signals of honor and 

 success. 



Jonas had substantial reasons for remembering the re- 

 markable incident, the skin produced him no less than 

 three dollars, about three times the present price of the 

 article in the market. 



On one occasion after a good long chase, the Fox as a last 

 resort took to the icy surface of the frozen Delaware, when 

 a beautiful spectacle was presented to view. A pack of 

 about thirty hounds on the trail, running compactly, the 

 game only one hundred yards in advance, and overtaken 

 before he reached the Pennsylvania shore. 



Jonas alone accompanied the pack, and came in at 

 the death, soon after which President Wharton joined 

 him, and received the brush at his hands. 



His singular repast on the morning of the chase, con- 

 sisted usually of eggs, raw meat or rare and his drink, sim- 

 ply a cup of coffee, tea, milk, or pure water, beer, or cider. 



His equipment was no less extraordinary. A red flan- 

 nel shirt, a coarse suit of home spun domestic, over which 

 were thrown a dowlass hunting shirt; on his bushy head 



