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liim. A huntsman should have nerve and decision 

 enough to act the part of leader upon every occasion. 

 He is not to take liberties with his horse, or take unne- 

 cessary leaps in rivalry with others, whose presence may 

 not be necessary, or their absence deplored, a moment 

 after they have cried, enough ; but he must resolutely 

 charge, without flinching, all practicable impediments. 

 If men observe a huntsman hesitating at the most diffi- 

 cult and doubtful places, and wilhng to yield the prece- 

 dence to others inclined to ascertain whether or not 

 they are negotiable, they will soon take it for granted 

 that he does not aspire to be first; that he does not 

 mind having the shine taken out of him; and will make 

 no scruple of getting between him and his hounds, at 

 most critical moments. His personal determination 

 should not be less than that for which our commanders, 

 in both services, have been so conspicuous.* His eye 



* Some of my old friends in the army will remember an often repeated 

 story of the difference between "■ yo along" and ^^ come along." A fire-eating 

 hero, in the late war, who was very fond of calling out " Go along, my fine fel- 

 lows, go along 1" had been more than once repulsed in a certain attack. The 

 assault being taken up by another ofiicer of a different mould, he, throwing 

 himself first into the breach, cried, " Come along, my lads, come along !" setting 

 an example of vigour and determination which ensured success, and afforded a 

 fine practical illustration of the distinction between following and leading. — 

 Another instance, of a similar nature, I cannot refrain from quoting, as related 

 to me by a very distinguished naval officer, an eye-witness of the occurrence. 

 During a gale of wind, which had lasted so long that all hands on board were 

 dead beat, it became necessary to shorten sail, and Captain, now Sir T. Hardy, 

 gave the order for hands aloft to reef topsails. Worn out by previous exertions, 

 not a man was found who would obey ; when the Captain, instantly doffing his- 



