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world we live in. I have always regretted 

 never having seen one of the big grass 

 countries. I am sure I was fast enough and 

 could "go on," but I daresay my master was 

 right in thinking me undersized (being only 

 15.3) for facing big fences continuously; 

 and though I was able to jump big and wide, 

 when it was necessary, I do not know that I 

 could have kept it up, and have never 

 considered myself as likely to be able to 

 compete with real Leicestershire hunters. 

 As soon as we went down from Cambridge, 

 my master got married, and, towards the end 

 of the following season, I was advanced to 

 carrying his wife. This I did for four years, 

 during the time as often carrying my 

 master ; and I can say that throughout those 

 years I never once made a mistake or gave 



