148 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



As this " glad throng goes marching 

 along" from Kirby Gate to Gartree Hill, 

 they are accompanied by a tremendous 

 string of traps of every conceivable 

 description, extending some miles, amid 

 clouds of foot-people. 



Tom Firr, the Ouorn huntsman, is a 

 man who stands right out by himself, so 

 to speak, and I look upon him as quite 

 one of the institutions of the country, 

 he has hunted so long and with such 

 marked ability ; a perfect horseman 

 and huntsman, who, although he has 

 faced the music so many seasons, and 

 had so many bad falls, goes as well as 

 the best of them yet. 



The difficulty of hunting a country like 

 this is naturally very much enhanced by 

 the crowd being so great, and the crush 

 on leaving cover in the Monday and 

 Friday country Is fearful. There Is no 



