36 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



I, in my turn, used to borrow Squire Lownde's 

 dogs, so that Squire Carrington used to get two 

 packs of dogs and me into the bargain. Some 

 times I used to go to Lord George Cavendish, 

 who was afterwards Lord Chesham, at Late- 

 more Park; Harry Highat was his head- 

 keeper. Then sometimes I would go to 

 Squire Drake's place, at Amersham ; Pratt 

 was his head-keeper; or to Lord Hampden, 

 whose head-keeper was Butt ; or to the Duke 

 of Buckingham's place at Hampden Hullock. 



My father and Pratt usually accompanied 

 me, but I always hunted the dogs, and I 

 understood them so well that I could excite 

 them to run until they almost dropped dead 

 from exhaustion. Many a time, after a hard 

 day's hunting in the gorse, I have had to lay 

 my coat on the ground and put two dogs on it, 

 whilst I took two more up in my arms and 

 carried them forward for half a mile ; then I 

 would come back for the first two, and so keep 

 on repeating the operation until I got them 

 safely home. When dogs are thoroughly tired 

 out, you should warm their food, give them a 



