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invaluable. Mr. Bisset always had his second horse- 

 man close up to him, and continually changed from 

 one horse to the other ; he invariably stood down 

 when there was no absolute necessity for him to be 

 on a horse, but, even up to the last, when he really 

 wanted to go he could drive a horse along as hard 

 and as fast as the lightest weight in the field. 



Mr. Bisset was elected in 1880 to represent West 

 Somerset in Parliament, beating Mr., now Sir, 

 Thomas Dyke Acland, and his twenty-six years' 

 Mastership of the staghounds came to an end. But 

 the life in the House of Commons was uncongenial 

 to him, and the confinement and long hours 

 undoubtedly tended to shorten his days. Though 

 able to hunt a few days in 1881 and 1882 he suffered 

 much in health in 1883, and on July 7th, 1884,, 

 died at Bagborough, to the great grief of two 

 counties, where his name is still held dear as a 

 sportsman and a kindly gentleman, who by his 

 courage and generosity conferred lasting benefits 

 upon the country of his adoption. 



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