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CHAPTER V. 



NORFOLK. 



An Old English Gentleman Liberal Patron Good Work- 

 man Gift Horse Mr. Rarey Epsom Downs Fin- 

 ished Gentleman A Week's Holiday Stag Hounds 

 A Somersault : Pleasing Result Mournful Caval- 

 cade Strange Talk Ludicrous Incident Turn-up 

 between Two Dogs Collision A New Feature The 

 Chancellor's Medal Novel Title A Pleasant Recep- 

 tion Contrast A Field Marshal Vain Attempt 

 Another Avocation. 



AMONG the numerous gentry who owned or 

 occupied seats in this, the Western part of the 

 county, was a person whom my partner, in 

 the exuberance of his gratitude and respect, 

 styled the King of Norfolk ; and a stranger 

 would have thought the title not ill-applied 



