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side of his new hunter, looking to the girths, bridle, 

 &c., to see all was right before mounting. 



" He's as tall as a tree ! '' was his first remark. 

 " Here, Will, give us a leg up, or a rope ladder,'' 

 and he was launched by the second horseman into 

 his saddle. 



" Now, Mr. Woodcraft,'' said Will, " mind, if you 

 tumbles out of the tree, you won't find another 

 chap to help you up again." 



" Thank'e, Will, for your lift and advice," and 

 away went Dick to join his nephew and the cr}^, 

 which had beo-un to swell into somethino; more 

 ike a chorus, than a chop now and then by the 

 old ones. " We are warming up a little, Tom, 

 Well done, old woman ! " he cried, seeing Bounty 

 press forward to the front. " Have at him, my 

 beauties ! Hoic, together hoic ! " and Dick lent 

 them a cheer which seemed to electrify the pack 

 as well as the field. 



" W^ho the deuce is that old fogey on Tom's 



horse, hunting the hounds ? " asked Mr. G of 



Lord'w . 



" Some fellow from the Blue Mountains, come 

 down to give us a lesson. We were going to draw 



for a fresh fox, when S overheard him making 



some remark about giving up a good one for the 

 chance of finding a better, declaring he would kill 



him if he had his own way. So S said he should 



have it. That's all I know of the matter. He 

 seems a lively old bird, but is sure to fail in the 

 fencing department, when hounds run. They are 

 getting on, however, and so must we." 



