HUNTING, AND RIDING TO HOUNDS. JU 



liimtsman's side among the hoimcls, or even among 

 the momitecl men, for fear of the repeated charges 

 made by the Chm^h on .what were at times only 

 little marks between the ridge and fmTow made 

 by his rm^al parishioners, or, perhaps, by sinners. 



In a previous page I have noticed the fact of a 

 cm^b chain in a horse's mouth, where it could have 

 no purchase, utterly frustrating a determined 

 puller. I thought I was aware of most plans by 

 which a puller or a dead mouth could be avoided; 

 but on this, the 27th of December, 1870, Lord 

 Suffolk came to me and afforded me another 

 lesson. He drove in his carriage what I call a 

 Galloway, not a pony, very clever, and the pony 

 was very free. Over the nose of the pony, attached 

 to the bridle, was a neat, strong net, made of 

 string ; nothing unsightly about it ; it looked as if 

 it was only made to keep away the flies. So, on 

 seeing this light kind of network on, I asked my 

 noble friend if he had ^^ so sealed up his pony's 

 mouth to save the corn ? " The net is after the 

 fashion of the kiss-preventing muzzles the ladies 

 ride with in Bournemouth, but it really was to 

 prevent pulling ; it gave room to open the lips and 

 mouth enough for any useful pui'pose of breathing, 



