120 LADIES ON HORSEBACK. 



CHAPTEK IX. 



SELFISHNESS IN THE FIELD.— FORDING A RIVER. 



SHIRKING A FENCE. OVER-RIDING THE 



HOUNDS. — TREATMENT OF TIRED HUNTERS. 

 BIGWIG AND THE MAJOR. NAUGHTY BIG- 

 WIG. — HAPLESS MAJOR. 



You must be particularly cautious in the 

 hunting-field to avoid being cannoned against. 

 There is no other place in the whole world 

 where there is so little ceremony ; and so 

 very, very little politeness. It is verily a 

 case of ^' Every man for himself, and the 

 devil take the hindmost ! " There is scarcely 

 one man in the entire field who will not in 

 liis heart of hearts resent your presence, and 

 so he will pay you no court. The crowding 

 i)t gaps, and at certain negotiable places in 



