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did that, and coupled with his great science, 

 you would have supposed he was no end of a 

 good and useful man. In fact, he was as chock 

 full of science in his way as Mr. Puffington's 

 swell huntsman Brag was in his. (See ( ' Sponge's 

 Sporting Tour.") 



I was not long in letting my friend know my 

 opinion of his grand keeper. 



" My dear fellow^," he replied, " the fact is, 

 every one is against Williams ; I can't imagine 

 how it is he is so much disliked ; he attends to 

 his work, goes his rounds and all that, now what 

 more can I want ?" 



" Now, my friend," I replied, " I have heard 

 you out patiently, just listen to me. You know 

 nothing whatever of Williams you are seldom 

 here, and when you are, rarely go out ; you do 

 not attend to the thing. You pay his wages, 

 and when you want a brace or two of pheasants 

 or what not, you get them ; but are your battue 

 days good? decidedly not. You are told the 

 breeding season is bad, too wet or too dry, eggs 

 stolen, and so on that is how you are hum- 

 bugged, and yet you have a pretty, I may say 

 very heavy corn bill to pay for feeding. This 



