4 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



know how to get some hounds to the Kev. Jack 

 E/Ussell, which he had promised by a certain day. 

 Being young and always eager where hounds were 

 in question, my father volunteered to take the 

 draft to Iddesleigh, in Devonshire, and to deliver 

 them within the time specified. This meant a 

 long and weary journey by road. But, nothing 

 daunted, my father was off at daybreak with a 

 large piece of cheese in his pocket, with which 

 he coaxed the hounds along till they grew accus- 

 tomed to him, and he accomplished the odd 

 eighty miles on horseback in the stipulated time. 

 This was the sort of thing to appeal to Mr 

 Bussell. He was very pleased, and gave my 

 father the warmest of welcomes. That night as 

 the two men were sitting at dinner my father 

 expressed his regret that the next day was not 

 one of Mr Bussell's hunting days, as he had to 

 go oflP early in the morning of the day after to 

 enable him to keep his term at Oxford. He 

 expressed so much disappointment at not seeing 

 the famous hounds in the field, that at last Mr 

 Bussell exclaimed, " Look here, my boy, you shall 

 see them, if you don't mind turning out at day- 

 break. There is a fox shut up in the saddle-room 

 that was brought me to-day, and we will see if 

 we can't dust his jacket for him." It was in the 

 early spring, and a move was made to the stables 

 the following morning before it was light. The 

 men being roused, the horses were soon saddled, 

 and all was ready for departure. The kennel lad 



