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CHAPTER XXIV. 



SIR JOHN FAGG. 



In addition to the notices of coachmen which I have 

 already given, I append, as an example of what an 

 amateur artist should be, the following account of Sir 

 John Fagg, the Kentish baronet, who died last year, and 

 who is spoken of by the writer of the notice, signing him- 

 self ' Amateur,' as a man ' whose whole heart and soul is 

 centred in the whip.' 



' The individual to whom I allude,' says Amateur, 1 'is 

 Sir John Fagg, living within a few miles from Canter- 

 bury, and who may justly boast of as neat a turn-out as 

 any in East Kent. The tout ensemble is imposing at the 

 very first glance. The worthy baronet in his entire 

 establishment appears to preserve the " modus in 

 rebus," and to aim after the attainment of a neat equipage 

 — not a gaudy one. Greys are his favourite colour, and 

 the resplendent brass, together with the smooth shining 

 leather, speaks volumes in praise of the industry of his 

 domestics. 



' No small share of labour must be expended in pre- 

 serving such extreme neatness. The vehicle Sir John is 



1 ' Sporting Magazine,' 1826. 



