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a day or two ; he had been M.F.H. when 

 I first used to come down from Winchester 

 Barracks in the sixties, a silent man who rode 

 the Forest very well, and I always looked upon 

 him as quite the best Forest huntsman I ever 

 saw. 



Mr. William Everett of AUum Green, and 

 Mr. John Everett of Colbury, both hunted 

 regularly. 



Then there was Lord Londesborough, who 

 lived at Northerwood during the winter months, 

 and often came out ; but he was very short- 

 sighted, and was obliged to have a pilot who 

 rode in front of him. Lord Eslington (who 

 afterwards became Earl of Ravensworth) lived 

 somewhere on the south side of the country 

 and was a keen sportsman. At one time I used 

 to see Lord Percy (now Duke of Northumber- 

 land) out occasionally. There was a funny little 

 man called Mudge who lived at Brockenhurst 

 and trotted about on a white pony long after 

 he was ninety ; I think he had once been a Clerk 

 in some Government office and was given a 

 pension, which he certainly enjoyed to the utmost, 

 for he lived to an immense age. 



The Secretary to the Hunt was Captain 

 Martin Powell, at that time Adjutant of the 

 Hampshire Yeomanry, and formerly of the Innis- 

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