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match for him. He also sent me a beautiful chest- 

 nut thoroughbred horse, " Sarchedon," but he had 

 a big knee and sometimes went lame. 



We stayed a few days at the hotel at Penzance. 

 Western Hounds met at Logan Rock on 8th March, 

 1872. Rained torrents till 12 o'clock. A nice useful 

 pack, rather small ; hounds looked well, very handy 

 and very sensible ; drew the rocks wonderfully well, 

 creeping into every hole and climbing like squirrels 

 (Lord Portsmouth's drafts chiefly). The huntsman, 

 named Thomson, a Yorkshireman, a good-looking, 

 very little fellow, with blue eyes and a long nose ; 

 stoops very much and full of action, both legs and 

 arms ; never quiet for a moment ; on a little well-bred 

 horse with snaffle bridle. He trotted to the edge of 

 a precipice and craned over in a way to make your 

 hair stand on end. His coat sleeves were very loose 

 and his arms waving, and he always looked as if he 

 would fly away. He has a good voice and good 

 hound language, but the wind and waves make such 

 a row a man's voice is not heard far. He was very 

 active on foot and ran like a lamplighter. He hunted 

 Mr. Morgan's hounds near Aberystwith, and before 

 that was with Sir E. Kerrison. 



The field consisted of five Mr. Bolithos, Reginald 

 Trelawny and his son. Jack rode a bay mare that 

 went in the carriage belonging to the hotel. I rode 

 a black mare of Richard's (the fly man). She was 

 drawing a cartload of oats the day before. She 

 was a capital fencer. 



When we got to them they were drawing the 



