CHAPTER I. 



EARLY RECOLLECTIONS. 



T REMEMBER, sixty-three years ago, my 

 *" father, LukeWilkins, was gamekeeper for Mr. 

 Key, of Tring Park, Herts. Mr. Yates lived at 

 Tring Park before Mr. Key, and Sir Drummond 

 Smith before Mr. Yates. My father was 

 gamekeeper to all three, in succession. I 

 remember seeing Mr. Key "chaired." that is, 

 carried round the town in a chair, my father 

 and others following and firing off their guns. 

 I remember, too, that at that time we lived 



