EN ROUTE TO GALWAY. 1 25 



*' I hope you had a pleasant journey from Dublin," 

 he says. 



" Oh ! yes. I fell asleep after passing Mullingar, 

 and was soon dreaming that I was riding a grand 

 run in Kildare. People will tell you dreams go by 

 contraries ; don't believe it, though. I dreamed we 

 were going over the line a Punchestown fox generally 

 takes, and those who I thought I saw riding in the 

 first flight were the very men who generally do. I 

 could scarcely bring myself to believe that it was only 

 a fancy." 



" Oh! you must have seen such a run recently, 

 that accounts for it." 



** Well, now, I remember I did see such a one the 

 other day, and my dream was very like what actually 

 occurred." 



" We will have an early start for the meet, and the 

 small hours have come already — so to bed." 



After dinner next day we adjourned to my friend's 

 "snuggery," and our conversation I may set down 

 for the behoof of all who wish to know of the Galway 

 Hounds. 



