184 A FKIEND. 



pose of practising and indulging in an art 

 that he very much admired. 



I first saw him in his drag when he 

 pulled up and spoke to my friend Bob at 

 Cambridge. I knew him from his likeness 

 to his brother in Hampshire, but did not 

 put myself forward. As he drove off I 

 was told by my brother whip, with some 

 self-importance, who the gentleman was. 

 He concluded with, "You'll see, boy, he's 

 the best friend we've got;" and to me, 

 for many years, did he verify Bob's pre- 

 diction. 



For reasons I have before stated, a year 

 or more elapsed before I made his acquain- 

 tance; and it was not till after the altera- 

 tions and improvements which were made 

 in our drag that I had the pleasure of his 

 company on the box ; and it was my good 

 fortune soon to grow in his favour. Whe- 

 ther it was that I came from Hampshire, 

 and had frequently hunted with the cele- 

 brated pack of which his Brother was 



