JORROCKS ON ^UNTING 



agoin' to say to you. This night I shall en- 

 lighten you on the all-important ceremony of 

 takin' the field. (Loud applause.) 



" Takin' the Field ! " repeated he, throwing 

 out his arms, and casting his eyes up at the 

 elegant looping of his canopy. " Takin' the 

 Field ! glorious sound ! wot words can convey 

 anything 'alf so delightful ? 



" In my mind's eye I see the 'ounds in all 

 their glossy pride a trottin' around Arterxerxes, 

 who stamps and whinnies with delight at their 

 company. There's old Pristess with her 

 speckled sides, lookin' as wise as a Christian, 

 and Trusty, and Tuneable, and Warrior, and 

 Wagrant and Workman, and Wengence, and 

 all the glorious comrades o' the chase. 



" But to the pint. Ingenious youth, having 

 got his 'oss, and learned to tackle him, let me 

 now, from the bonded warehouse of my know- 

 ledge, prepare him for the all-glorious ceremony 

 of the 'unt. 



" Bliss my 'eart, wot a many ways there is 

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