160 REMINISCENCES OF 



" I walked my pony from hill to hill last week, 

 for I was in too much pain to allow him to gallop, 

 and saw as much as I could of the different runs, and 

 perhaps as much as most of the other noble sports- 

 men. But I am now mending fast, and hope to be 

 well enough to ride a run yet before the season is 

 over. 



" Again thanking you all for my pleasant Scottish 

 outing, and with best love to you all, 

 " Believe me, my dear Jack, 



" Yours affectionately, 



"J. RUSSELL. 



"Just off to a parish meeting." 



"COLLIPRIEST, TlVERTON, 



" 26th June, 1879. 



" MY DEAR JACK, 



" I hope that you and yours got back in safety 

 yesterday morning to your old earth in Fifeshire. I 

 came here last night at ten o'clock, thinking the 

 school meeting was fixed for to-day, but the gather- 

 ing is to take place to-morrow, after which I mount 

 my horse for dulce domum. 



"I go to London again to marry Lord Rock- 

 savage on the 1 6th of July. Let me know for 

 certain when you are all two couple coming to me 

 for the stag-hunting. No time for more, but every 

 kind wish to you all, 



" Yours ever affectionately, 



" J. RUSSELL." 



