T,KONARI) PELLV ON GKAi\(;KR 



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But it paid well this time. Which side of the brook at Waples Mill did 

 you go ? One was wrong and the other no good. 



Who disturbed that fox in the tree in Screens Park, which had been 

 harboured for a fortnight, ten minutes too soon ? And how was it that 

 hounds could run heel like wildhre, and only sulk on the forward line after 

 they were turned? Into the lane on his knees, and out on his head the 

 other side, would have unseated all but half-dozen men in our hunt, and a 

 tight grip of the back of the saddle— which of us always does this ?— would 

 have been of no use. I wish Mr. Usborne, M.P., would wear a hat-guard 

 —he gave up his spurs long ago to his son—or else pay his debts. A 

 promissory note for is. 6d. for a recovered hat may be a sign of the times, 

 but can't compare with a ready-money transaction of a shilling. 



Leonard Pelly on " Granger " 



Mr. Pcll\- takes a ^ooel deal of interest in local affairs, much 

 to the benetit of the neighbourhood of On^^ar, in ^\•hich he li\es ; 

 in the way of outdoor recreations he divides his tinu; pretty 

 equally between fishing', shooting", and htintin^-. Like all the 

 Pell)s, he is a hard rider, but I do not suppose; that he has 

 ever enjoyed his diiuier the less for missin;^- a L^'ood run. 



