I70 LIFE OF MYTTON. 



with manhood ; and in the next, knowing no bounds 

 with him, they often led him into excesses which en- 

 dangered his character as a man, and verified the cen- 

 sure passed upon them by Horace : — 



"Lusit amabiliter ; donee jam savus apertam 

 In rabiem verti coepit jocus." 



Still, some idea might have been formed of his zeal 

 in the pursuit of every description of true sport, from 

 the catalogue of effects sold at Halston when the 

 establishment was broken up. The furniture of the 

 net house, for instance, included three bush nets, 26 

 and 28 yards long, 5 deep ; two small mesh nets for 

 bushes ; three larger mesh nets ; two drag nets, with 

 large tunnels ; four trammel flue nets of various sizes ; 

 one minnow net ; one minnow net and pole ; three 

 gutter nets ; two casting nets ; two drum nets ; one 

 cleaching net ; one large salmon net ; one gudgeon, 

 or fine meshed brook net ; four landing nets of 

 various sizes ; six fishing poles ; four bait cans ; two 

 large fish cans ; two angling chairs ; two coracles, or 

 small fishing boats ; two eel spears ; two trout spears ; 

 one salmon spear ; fishing cases and rods of every 

 description. 



In the engine house and aviary there were six 

 pheasant nets ; three rabbit nets and several purse 



