lo THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



creates a sensation, but who it is none of 

 the first flight know, or seem to know. Pro- 

 bably it is a stranger ; but the ranks with 

 whom he has endeavoured to associate, 

 exonerate themselves with the excuse that 

 "the pace is too good to enquire." Yet a 

 kind Samaritan not quite so ambitious affords 

 his succour, and the fallen hero is humanely 

 cared for. After crossing a very few fields 

 the crowd diminishes, provided the scent 

 serves, when a select few^ may ride to the 

 hounds without molestation. Then there 

 are some ladies who, as the pace improves 

 and there is more room for them, settle into 

 places with as much grace and elegance as 

 if performing a galop in a ball-room, and 

 perchance enjoying themselves more en- 

 thusiastically. 



But I must "try back, " or I shall be 

 accused of taking a line over the country 

 without drawing in pen and ink sketches 

 some of the principal coverts. For 



