l58 THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 



accomplisliment of " cutting down " all who come near 

 Iilm. 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 willing 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 re- 

 peated story of the difference between '' go along " and " come along." 

 A fire-eating hero, in the late war, who was very fond of calling out 

 " Go along, my line fellows, ;/o along !'' had been more than once repulsed 

 in a certain attack. The assault being taken up by another officer of 

 a diflferent 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 illus- 

 tration of the distinction between following and leading. — Another in- 

 stance, 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 fcr hands aloft to reef topsails. Worn out 

 by previous exertions, not a man was found who would obey ; Avhcn the 

 Captain, instantly doffing his hat, and unbuttoning the knees of the shorts 

 worn in those days, himself ascended, and in the face of the roaring 

 tempest, laid out along the yard, and ran out the earring. I hardly need 



