ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP. 29 



You mufl: know. Sir, I am very fond of 

 hunting, and live in as fine a fcenting country 

 as any in the kingdom. The foil is pretty 

 ftiff, the leaps large and frequent, and a 

 great deal of timber to get over. Nov7, 

 Sir, my brown horfe is a very capital hun- 

 ter ; and though he is flow, and I cannot 

 abfolutely ride over the hounds (indeed the 

 country is fo enclofed, that I do not fee fo 

 much of them as I could wifli), yet, in the 

 end, he generally brings me in before the 

 huntfman goes home with the dogs , fo, 

 thus far, I have no reafon to complain. 

 Now, Sir, my brown horfe is a noble leaper, 

 and never gave me a fall in his life in that 

 way y but he has got an awkward trick 

 (though he clears every thing with his fore 

 legs in a capital ftiie), of leaving the other 

 tv/o on the wrong fide of the fence ; and 

 if the gate or ftile happens to be in a found 

 ftate, it is a work of time and trouble to get 

 his hind legs over. He clears a ditch finely 

 indeed, with two feet, but the others fo 

 conftantly fall in, that it gives me a flrange 



pain 



