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Which, stampt on memory, find a welcome place, 



In the warm heart that knew him they recall 



By covert side, in cottage, farm, or hall 



(When friend meets friend beside the yule logs' glow, 



And kindly feelings swell and overflow) 



Those happy days when on the breeze were borne 



Will's tuneful holla and his echoing horn 



Cheering his gallant pack so stout and bold, 



A perfect horseman as e'er crossed the wold. 



And as the vision fades, too bright to last. 



They sigh to think those days are now '* the past ; " 



No need of aught f6r such as knew him best 



To keep in mind their valued friend " at rest ; " 



But for posterity this stone shall tell 



The fatal spot where midst his friends he fell, 



And let them ponder, both in Faith and Fear, 



How frail the tenure of man's sojourn here. 



This sad event left an opening for his son 

 William Smith, whose first engagement un- 

 connected with the Brocklesby establishment 

 was with the late Lord Lonsdale, by whom 

 he was appointed first whip in 1837, and he 

 remained with those hounds till they were sold 

 in 1842. His promotion as huntsman to the 

 Pytchley followed, and at the expiration of 

 two seasons he held a similar engagement 

 with the East Kent, but left that country to 

 return to the place of his birth at the death 

 of his father. During the following two 

 seasons he occupied that ostensible post, when 

 he entered upon a farm on the Brocklesby 



