212 ARDENMOHR. 



On Saturday, spite of a certain degree of stiff- 

 ness in the joints, we left earlier, and had come to 

 the farm in good time, quite freshened up with the 

 bracing mountain air. 



Nearly the same routine as yesterday had been 

 fixed on* but, after having discussed the partridge 

 grounds, we went on to the hitherto untried woods 

 at the extreme north-east of our march. Here the 

 dense cover was so closed with fern, bush, and thorns 

 that rather stiff work was anticipated and so it 

 proved. 



The whole of the terriers were brought out to-day 

 to lend their help in ransacking this almost imprac- 

 ticable wilderness of thorns. So, being duly and 

 uselessly admonished, they were let in at the end of 

 the cover. Zealously did they perform their work ; 

 but the riot they made was, to speak moderately, 

 lively and demonstrative, and this continually until 

 the whole of this rugged cover was worked out ; as 

 in too many cases of superlative fuss, the wool was 

 nothing to the noise, yet there was a fair amount of 

 shooting and a great deal of fun. 



These peppery wretches of terriers quite reverse 

 the manners of the more docile spaniel ; for, when 

 once their blood is up, they are deaf to command and 



