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way to Fulbourne. The near side horse has turned round] into a 

 position impossible had there been a pole point, and there are one or 

 two other technical faults, but the facial expressions of the driver and 

 passengers more than atone for such trivial deficiencies. 



Mr. Hawkes also contributes a drawing of an embryo beagler at 

 school labelled " Mr. E. T. Murray, cet. 13, and the Divining Eod." 

 Mr. Murray being in the prone position, we have no record of his 

 features, but the bearer of the divining rod is evidently Dr. Warre. 





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The drawing is in more ways than one a " tailpiece," and is reproduced 

 at the end of this chapter. 



The adventures of the beagle brake, the perils of a swimming day, 

 and occasions such as Cottenham, a riding day, or a bye day with the 

 Eitzwilliam or the Cambridgeshire, when beaglers have witched, or 

 at least set out to witch, the world with noble horsemanship, are 

 among the more favoured subjects. Messrs. Hawkes and Penn both 

 treat of the beagle brake as running over something. Mr. Penn is 

 content with a dog. But it must have been an unusually solid dog, 

 as the shock precipitates one passenger on to the road. The artist 

 himself, who has the box seat, has had liis cap lifted sheer off his 

 head through his hair standing so stiff on end, while the Master's 



