THE WHIPPEIMN 



chase. Beckford, by no means meant tu u„ucMume aDiiuies 

 in a Huntsman ; what he meant to say was, that, situated 

 as he was, he could do better with mediocrity in the Huntsman 

 than in the Whip. Hunting taleqt was scarce in his day. 



He then gives the following instance of how much more .1 

 Whip is at liberty to give play to his genius than the Huntsman, 

 who must necessarily follow his hounds :— 



"A gentleman told me," writes he, "that he heard the 

 famous Will Dean, when his hounds svere running hard in a 

 line with Daventry, from whence they were at that time many 

 miles distant, swear exceedingly at the Whipper-in, saying. 

 'I'V/iaf business have you here?' The man was amazed at the 

 question ; ^Why don't you know; said he, ' and be d-d to you, ' j 

 that the great earth at Daventry is open ? ' The man got' ^ 



forward, and reached the earth just time enough to see th<-i. * 



fo.\ in." 



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Will Dean, or Deane as some ?r'l' i.iMv Tr. • g ^ 



mantoiMr.Childe, whohunt-i •* 5 



this scene occurred dm' 0.^ 



Huntsman v.' ' ' *, 



Childe''^ !•■■ -a 



1 : 1 ^ 



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the 1 : '^ « 



sidered J; "2 



Ji (8 



Whippe: o c 



^^f"- ' :<tes hi.. 



.uu) active, be •« 



^f>" - Whippe 



good an. ernan, h.-^vr. ,,„d ^.j^^r voice-^ •" 



''' '^' ■'« a very .'. re there and everywha-^ ^ 



l^'- : llicsame time judv;inent to distinguish where he cj % 



be o> most use; if, join.-.l to these,, he be above the fooli^c? 

 conceit of killin- ■ ' ^ without the Huntsman, but, on t^ ^ 

 contrary, be disp assist him all be r.n he then isR^ 



perfect Whipper-in. *( ^ 



Some peor '. because a man is a first-rate Whipper-|, 



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