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flew the post and rails on to the railroad in capital 

 style. But in attempting the rails out again 

 he put a hind-foot under the single wire by the 

 side of the line just as he rose, and though he made 

 a gallant effort to save himself, he turned a com- 

 plete somersault on to the other side. Sir Richard, 

 who had met with better success, kindly stopped 

 to pick me up ; but though I was really not hurt, 

 I had come down with such a crash that all the 

 buttons of my habit flew ofl*, and I had to beat a 

 hasty retreat to a neighbouring farmhouse. Here, 

 with a wrap round my shoulders, I waited by the 

 kitchen- tire while the farmer's wife sewed the 

 buttons on for me. The news of the mishap and 

 my precipitate disappearance, however, made every 

 one think I must be badly hurt, and one after 

 another of the members of the hunt dropped in to 

 see how I was faring. At last we had to lock the 

 kitchen door, while we shouted assurances to the 

 too kindly inquirers outside. 



Another fall Tom gave me was in Berkshire, 

 when Mr Garth's hounds met at Farley Hill on a 

 sharp frosty morning. The Master announced his 

 intention of sending the hounds home, as the whole 

 country-side was frost-bound. When he found 

 how great was the disappointment among the large 

 field, he good - naturedly consented to draw one 

 covert, saying, " If we don't find there, I shall draw 

 no more." To the no small delight of many of us 

 we did find, and throwing caution to the winds, 

 away we went. As I was galloping through an 



