OF A FOX-CHASE. 213 



more than by offering him to partake of an 

 amusement which he himself was so fond of; he 

 therefore mounted him on one of his best horses, 

 and showed him a fox-chase. The Frenchman, 

 after having been well shaken, dirted, tired, run 

 away with, and thrown down, was asked, on his 

 return, " Comment il avoit trouve la chasse? "" 

 — " Morbleu ! milord,'''' said he, shrugging up 

 his shoulders, " voire chasse est une chasse 

 diabolique.^'' 



