64 REMINISCENCES OF 



CHAPTER III. 



TORQUAY AND JACK RUSSELL. 



I TOOK a house at Torquay, St. Michael's, close to 

 the station. The Fortescues lived at Oxton, just 

 up above us. We went there on i8th November, 

 1871. 



I received the following from George Whyte- 

 Melville : 



"22 ONSLOW GARDENS, LONDON, 

 " ijth November, 1871. 



" MY DEAR JACK, 



" I have been writing a hunting song for 

 Bailey s Magazine for a koundsman, as poor Sutton 

 used to say. May I dedicate it to you ? I send you 

 a proof in case you should think it too rotten. 

 " Ever yours very truly, 



" G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE." 



" P.S. I helped to hunt a deer yesterday for 

 three hours. He ran some ten miles, but the 

 country was light, and the pace parliamentary." 



I replied that I should be very proud, but did 

 not approve of two expressions. " You cheer 

 ' Bachelor ' with ' Yo-ge-ote ' ; in Walker's hound 



