8 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



" No good," replies I, "as your lordship may spy. 



But my conscience it gave me a jog, 

 For I know'd all the while, how many a mile 



My wife and I goed in a cog! 



So we seized all the cantles, trunk, box, and portmantles, 



And made an exact catalogue 

 Of writings so curious, and pamphlets so furious, 



That belong' d to this man in a cog. 



But my Lord went too far, for the laws do declare 



That not all the fat bulls of King Og 

 Can fright a man's reason, or make it high treason 



To live if he please in a cog. 



So all ye that be wise, nor good counsel despise, 



Enjoy your firesides and your grog, 

 And leave off your wine, and cease to be fine, 



And keep yourselves snug in a cog. 



I does so myself, and I looks to the pelf ; 



Um says that I lives like a hog, 

 Yet I've oxen and barns, fat deer and fine farms, 



And cash ! that I keeps in a cog ! 



A near relation of mine (a lady) was riding one day 

 between iny father's house and the nearest county town, 

 and upon passing the park railings, observed several of 

 the deer that had escaped by some aperture into the road. 



She met Mr. shortly afterwards, and informed him that 



she had seen several of his buclcs, upon which the old 

 gentleman demanded "War 'em bucks, mam? 'Ad 'em 

 'orns on V 



Such are a few brief sketches of the old gentleman, from 

 whom, by a well-timed offering of some fine perch, or good- 

 conditioned jack, I obtained permission to explore all the 

 nooks and corners of the " soft flowing Avon," not only in 

 its circuitous meanderings about the park, but through 

 many miles of rich and verdant meadow. I think I see him 

 now, as I introduce myself and my basket with a quiet ring 

 at the back entrance (always about one o'clock), and ana 



