192 THE TEINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



Hints concerning Fakmers 



1. All farmers are " Esquires " and must be treated as equals. 



2. If any row occur, apologise most humbly and ask to lunch next 

 Market Day to talk it over. 



3. Never pass a farmer in the street without stopping to talk. 



4. In case of ininor farmers, and also unpopular with farmers 

 round, first try and soothe. If no go, take no notice and discontinue 

 cards. iV:i?.— Take care to find out all about offenders before taking 

 these measures. 



5. Game should be sent to as many as possible, especially to those 

 on whose land hares are killed. 



6. Before beginning hunting go round and leave cards, or if 

 possible see all farmers. 



7. It is a good plan to have lunch at Cottenham Eaces, and ask 

 all farmers.— (i2.>S^. V.P.) 



8. The hunt dinner ought certainly to be kept up. 



The above are in Carr-ElHson's handwriting, though I doubt if they 

 are his. But Eules 2 and 3 are exactly like him. Eule 5 has had a 

 pen drawn through it, I think wisely. Undergraduates do not kill game 

 on the land, and game bought or procured from home is a little " far 

 fetched " and too hke a mere " tip." These eight rules cover the 

 whole ground, and whoever drew them up knew farmers. I think that 

 many older and (ex officio) wiser men would lead happier and more 

 successful lives if they learned and applied them. Many a man who 

 is a mere candidate might have been " M.P." by now if he'd known 

 half of them, and IF ever I am a Bishop, I shall have them printed 

 on a card, and give every priest who goes to work in any country 

 parish in my diocese a copy. The University might also adopt them 

 for tbose who do agriculture and will have to manage estates, and 

 they might also be helpful to College Bursars. You will, of course, 

 take these observations half in jest. I think them worth taking whole 

 in earnest as well. 



The remaining eight rules are, with one or two exceptions, 

 positive rules for carrying out the above precepts. They are all 



