spring. One or two of the incidents he records are 

 worth a passing mention. On February 16, 1869, he 

 c found a rabbit in the church, which went beneath the 

 floor of the House pew '. (The floor at that time had 

 more than one hole in it.) In January 1886" Mr. Morton 

 Stuart (now Earl of Moray) dropped in unexpectedly to 

 luncheon, as he sometimes did, and found the household 

 trying the delights of squirrel pie, owing to casualties 

 which had befallen some squirrels while some of us were 

 out shooting. The squirrel pie was excellent ; but our 

 visitor did not appreciate it. On December 6, 1882, we 

 all joined my father in rigging up an elaborate (and 

 successful) apparatus for observing the transit of Venus. 

 On February ^^ 1887, the c hounds brought a fox from 

 Colwood, and killed it under the housekeeper's room 

 window and ate it in the yard. The Hunt about a 

 hundred were regaled on cider and sherry.' In 1889 

 and 1890 he was Chaplain to Sir Frederick Johnstone, 

 the High Sheriff of Dorset, and much enjoyed his 

 meetings with the several Judges who came to the 

 Dorchester Assizes. Oddly enough, his first Assize 

 Sermon was preached on the text, c Why stand ye here all 

 the day idle ? ' (I believe it was in advocacy of a more 

 rational treatment of prisoners ; he had once done duty 

 for a time as Prison Chaplain) his second text was c It 

 is good for us to be here/ I think that the last little 

 excitement of his life occurred on June 8, 19165 when 

 he saw (for the only time) a flying-machine. 



