16 Seventy Years a Master, 



to him. But there is the ring of the true 

 sportsman even in his valediction : — 



" I have, when I come to look at it, had a 

 very good innings, and have been a very lucky 

 man. And nobody could have been supported 

 by a better lot of sporting farmers and friends 

 than it has been my lot to be mixed up with. 

 That is a source of great comfort to me in my 

 old age, — to think of the lots of friends who 

 have stuck to me all through the chapter. I 

 only wish I could have it all over again, but as 

 we all know, there is an end to everything, 

 and thus even the goodness and kindness of 

 life's true friendships must one day have an 

 end. Still the Chase calls to me, and as I see 

 my beloved hounds start off on a nice hunting 

 morning, and as I watch old Hasty, and Eiot, 

 and Wakeful, sniffing the air and trotting out 

 expectantly, well knowing the good time that, 

 with luck, lies in store for them that day, 

 there comes over me a feeling of sadness, and 

 * age laments life's vigour spent.' " 



THE EDITOR. 



