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on their saddles, and smile at the very 

 ludicrous appearance he made. 



Upon another occasion, when, after a 

 sharp run, we had killed our fox in a 

 farm-yard, near Droxford, and stood wait- 

 ing the arrival of the master of the 

 pack, he came trotting in at the gate 

 with his habitual smile, when, in endea- 

 vouring to cross the yard, his horse sud- 

 denly sunk up to the girth in the straw 

 that covered lightly the manure. The 

 more the animal plunged the deeper he 

 went in the mire, when the alarmed 

 Jew, supposing he was going to the bot- 

 tomless-pit, and the disposal of his ill- 

 gotten wealth occurring to him at the 

 same time, exclaimed with extended arms 

 and terror-stricken visage: 



" My vife, my vife ! I leave all to 

 my vife ! " 



Many other ludicrous feats I could 

 recount of this redoubtable follower of 



