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for his father, Sir Peter Pole ; and I have been told 

 that they were very perfect, both in themselves, and 

 in the manner in which they were handled. He was 

 an excellent sportsman, and, what was more rare with 

 us, was really a good rider across a country. I have 

 often seen him go away from us all, on his beautiful 

 little bay horse Bonaparte, who always carried his 

 long neck and small head very high, like a giraffe, 

 and went as if he enjoyed fast pace and heavy 

 ground. 



2nd. Mr. Edward St. John, of Ashe Park, brother to 

 the master of hounds at Finchampstead. He had a 

 full share of the family taste for hunting. He rode 

 very quietly : always knowing what hounds were 

 about ; and when to turn, and when to make play : 

 without looking to anyone else, or showing the least 

 jealousy of others being before him. 



3rd. Mr. John Orde, of Winslade ; on a brown horse, 

 who had a strange trick of carrying his tongue pro- 

 truding out of his mouth, just above the bit, where it 

 soon got covered with dirt. Mr. Orde was a sports- 

 man, and went in a fair place both on the hills and in 

 the vale. 



4th. The old Rector of Baughurst, a gentleman of 

 the most wooden and inexpressive countenance im- 

 aginable. He seldom spoke, unless spoken to ; and 

 was rarely seen within a field or two of hounds : but 

 he loved hunting in his own way, and went quite as 

 well in the vale as on the hills. 



5th. I must not omit our master's brother, Mr. 

 Thomas Chute ; for though he was with us only half 

 the season, yet he was an important member of the 

 hunt. He resided on the family property in Norfolk, 



