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land, lie did not awake from his slumber till we 

 had got into the coach to go away; when he 

 mounted his poney and gallopped off. His man- 

 ner of retreat made them express great compas- 

 sion for the poor beast, whose unfortunate lot it 

 was to carry so great a weight at such a rate ; nor 

 could I help censuring him myself for cruelty, till 

 I was informed that he would have fallen asleep 

 on horse-back had he gone slower. Then, indeed, 

 I pitied both horse and rider. 



I continued in London till the month of Febru- 

 ary; at which time I took the Indians with me 

 to my father's house at Marnham in Nottingham- 

 shire, where we stayed six weeks. Wliile we were 

 there I amused them with all kinds of field diver- 

 sions : we also made several visits in the neighbor- 

 hood; particularly one to Kelham, where Lord 

 George Sutton politely invited our whole family, 

 and entertained my friends with a fox-chase. For- 

 tunately we had an excellent run of twelve miles, 

 and it was very singular, that, although the In- 

 dians had been on horse-back only three times 

 before, they were both in at the death; which hap- 

 pened in an open field, with three couple and a 

 half of hounds, out of twenty-five couples; a proof 

 how hard they must have driven him. 



I soon found the country agree much better 

 with their inclinations, as well as their health, 

 than London. Here they could enjoy fresh air 

 and exercise, without being distressed by crowds 

 of people gathering round them whenever they 

 stirred out; which was always the case in town. 



