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Master who allowed it, and with the large fields that attended 

 his hounds, and the many killing runs they had, "Will Barrow 

 and Co." as Nimrod called them, made a good thing of it. 

 Will was a provident man, and when he died 1,400/. in money 

 was found in old stockings and all sorts of odd places, in boxes 

 where he kept his clothes, besides suits that had never been 

 on, sufficient for a union workhouse. They still pursue the 

 system for the benefit of Lord Hill with the Surrey hounds, 

 and if it is allowable anywhere, it perhaps is in the neighbour- 

 hood of London, where chance gentlemen may be out every 

 day, that they may never have the pleasure of seeing again. 



The reader will observe that the motto to this paper, taken 

 from Mr. Beckford's " Thoughts upon Hunting," speaks of 

 the Huntsman being "enriched by his greatest pleasure," 

 which in a note he explains to be the field money, collected at 

 the death of a fox. But he goes on to show that capping 

 even then was not universally approved of. " I have heard 

 that a certain duke," writes he, " who allowed no vails to his 

 servants, asked his Huntsman what he generally made of his 

 field money, and gave him what he asked instead of it ; this 

 went on very well for some time, till at last the Huntsman 

 desired an audience. ' Your grace,' said he, ' is very generous, 

 and gives me more than ever I got from field money in my 

 life; yet I come to beg a favour of your grace, that you would 

 let me take field money again ; for I have not half the pleasure 

 now in killing a fox that I had before.' " 



After all is said and done, however, we come back to the 

 old opinion that hunting servants are well worthy the con- 

 sideration of the field, and whether they are remembered in 

 public or private must just remain matter of taste. No master 

 would ever object either way, because it is the best testimony 

 of the field to the adequacy of their servants' services. 



We are sorry to say that faithfulness among servants is 

 becoming a rare quality. By faithfulness we mean not only 



