lO AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



in the " Summer House," a cottage set in the 

 wood near the Park. My father subsequently 

 obtained the situation of head gamekeeper to 

 Lord Lake, so we left the Summer House, and 

 went to live at Dunnell's Hole, a tew miles 

 from Tring. 



We left Lord Lake's about the year 1823,* 

 and went to Boxmore. My father was, for a 

 long time, unable to obtain a situation as 

 gamekeeper, so he did odd jobs, such as 

 helping in the stables at Westbrook House 

 Boxmore, and working in the brick-yard at 

 Tring. At last, in the year 1825, he obtained 

 a situation as gamekeeper to Mr. John Fuller, 

 of German House, Chesham, Bucks. Here 

 my father lived for thirty years, at the end of 

 which time he died, and was buried at Hyde 

 Heath Chapel. When Mr. John Fuller died, 

 Mr. Benjamin Fuller came to German House, 

 and he kept on my father as gamekeeper. 

 Mr. Benjamin Fuller is — or rather was, for 



* These reminiscenses were first written some few- 

 years ago. — Editors. 



