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' bank, and those in the water were more than half-way 

 ' across, every endeavour to cast them within reach failed. 

 ' Every pole that could be found was thrown, but to no 

 ' purpose. Four strong swimmers tried their best in vain. 

 ' (3ne, Mr. Preston, of Moreby, had not waited to take 

 ' off his boots, and it was with difficulty he was rescued 

 ' by those on shore. Mr. Ingilby, of Ripley Castle, and 

 ' Captain Vyner, of Linton Spring, succeeded in reaching 

 ' Mr. Lloyd, who was doing his best to gain the south 

 ' shore. They had brought him almost in reach of those 

 ' on the bank, when he suddenly sank ; and they, exhausted 

 ' by the long run, the extreme coldness of the water, and 

 ' the force of the current, were unable to make another 

 ' effort to recover him. They were obliged to receive 

 ' assistance from the shore to save themselves. 



' Mr. Richard Thompson, of Kirby, swam off to the 

 'help of Sir Charles; but the latter being carried further 

 ' away from him by the current, Mr. Thompson was 

 ' obliged to give up all hope of reaching him, and was 

 ' himself helped out by getting hold of two whips tied 

 ' together, one end being thrown to him from the bank. 

 ' As soon as he was a little recovered he ran down the 

 ' bank and swam across a canal to an island, where the 

 ' river makes a bend, in hopes that the body of Orvis, 

 ' the huntsman, which was being carried down by the 

 ' current, might be washed within reach. Unfortunately, 

 ' Orvis was carried to the other shore, and the weir being 

 ' only fifty yards below, he could make no further effort. 

 ' The two Gardeners were never seen alive after the boat 

 ' was upset. 



' Thus, Yorkshire has lost by this unprecedented catas- 

 ' trophe Sir Charles .Slingsby, perhaps the best gentleman 

 ' huntsman that has ever lived — one whose genial manners 

 ' and kind disposition endeared him to all who had the 

 ' good fortune to come in contact with him ; Mr. Robinson, 

 ' who was not only the finest horseman and best rider 

 ' to hounds I have ever known, but the least jealous 

 'person that ever followed hounds over the country; Mr. 

 ' Lloyd, the best man of his weight (he rode fully 16 stone) 

 ' that ever crossed this deep plough — one whom no fence 

 ' was too strong for ; and lastly, poor old Orvis, the 



