i8o THE MASTER OF HOUNDS 



birds, for the sake of board and lodging. I do not 

 assert that Dick Christian's profession is obsolete ; but 

 that a professor capable of following in his footsteps 

 has yet to be found, must be the opinion of every 

 hunting-man. To him are especially applicable the 

 lines of Major Whyte-Melville. He was a man 



" To whom naught comes amiss, 

 One horse or another, that country or this. 

 Through falls or bad starts who undauntedly still 

 Rides up to the motto, • Be with them I will.' " 



