CHAPTER VII. 



It may very naturally be asked, whether, after his 

 reth'ement from active life and his residence at Milton, 

 as George Carter still enjoyed an occasional day's 

 hunting, and was very well able to ride, though not 

 perhaps as hard as he was wont, there is nothing to 

 record about him ? Now, as the writer of these 

 memoirs, or recollections, or whatever they may be 

 named, pretty generally accompanied the old hunts- 

 man on all these little expeditions, and never felt so 

 proud as when he came to the meet with his old friend, 

 the only subject of regret with him is, that while he 

 can recall many traits of character and many incidents 

 in hunting worthy of note, there are still many more 

 which have passed from his recollection, or only re- 

 membered in such a hazy kind of manner as would 

 involve much " making up " in the recital ; and as the 

 main object of these memoirs is to adhere strictly to 



