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and mortification to several determined brush-coveting 

 members. 



But " the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle 

 to the strong." 



Various mishaps were incident to this day's hunt, so 

 strongly contested. Mr. Edward Davies unluckily 

 lost his hat in the tangled woods, and Messrs. Lewis and 

 Ross, were immoveably swamped at the moment of the 

 death, within hearing of poor puss's lamentations, and 

 the quick ear-piercing howl of the successful hounds. 

 Cupid appeared as usual, for the huntsman's reward, af- 

 ter the removal of the dinner course, with cap in hand and 

 sounding horn, to the chorus of tally ho! ho! ho! hark, 

 hark to music! hark to him! O hark away. 



A son of Jonas', and a real chip of the old block, brought 

 in his prize, and received his well earned reward for a 

 voluntary hunt of six or eight miles after, and recovery 

 of the missing chapeau . 



When the last mentioned fox was unkennelled, a 

 part of the Company led by Mr. Ross, mounted on his 

 spirited sorrel, left the main road for the wood, im- 

 mediately after the pack. The President and we, kept 

 the road at good speed until the wood was turned, when 

 we entered a field to the right. A wide and deep ditch 

 was before us, which it was necessary to pass. A flat 

 planked bridge, known in the vicinity, by the name of the 

 ^^ Irish Bridge," crossed it. On approaching it, it was 



perceived, a number of the planks had been removed, 

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