CHAPTER X. 



Now it may very possibly be remarked by many of 

 those who may take the trouble to penise these 

 memoirs, that there are many luell known stories 

 respecting George Carter, which have appeared in print 

 from time to time, which are unrecorded here, and which 

 should have found a place in what professes to be the 

 Life and Recollections of the great huntsman. To these 

 critics an answer is ready. Doubtless many things 

 have been written from time to time, which have come 

 out in the papers and periodicals devoted to our field 

 sports, respecting the sayings and doings of George 

 Carter, but I fear that many of these are hardly to be 

 relied on ; not that I would cast any doubt on the 

 veracity of the authors, but these tales generally have 

 their foundation in " We all have heard the well-known 

 story," or something of that kind. Now, as I said I 

 would at starting, so have I kept myself most strictly 

 to old George Carter s own words. Every incident in 

 his life here recorded has come from his own lips; 

 there has been no attempt at vai-nish or dressing up ; 



