Io6 LIFE OF MYTTON. 



Wynne (of Cricketh), where the second fox was in 

 waiting. The second kincheon, however, saved this 

 fox's Hfe ; for, after the usual law was given him, and I 

 was in the act of mounting my horse, Mr. Wynne 

 came out to me and said, the Squire proposed one 

 other bumper toast, which he hoped I would return 

 and drink. The hounds were then laid on ; but 

 though they were sober, the faculty of smell had 

 deserted them, and they never touched upon their 

 game. The exertions of their huntsman, the Squire 

 himself, however, were great. Mounted upon Mag- 

 net, with his horn in his mouth, and at three parts 

 speed, he made his casts with the rapidity of a Shaw : 

 but one peculiarity attended them. If the fence into 

 one field was larger than that into another, that field 

 was preferred — not as most likely to hit off his fox, 

 but as most likely to floor some of his field, who, with 

 his three whippers and Tom Whitehouse, were hard 

 at his brush. As the pace was quick, and the country 

 heavy, I was beginning to calculate upon how long 

 the nags would live without a check, when an accident 

 occurred that put a stop to all. A hare got up in 

 view, which every /w7uid followed into Sir Edward 

 Kynaston's plantations, and thus ended the morning's 

 sport. When he again gave up, these hounds were 



