SEASON 1878-79. 



BOOT AND SADDLE. 



galloped from the Coplow to the Cottesmore Woods; seven 

 foxes were found in Melton Spinney on Monday ; and there 

 are two good litters at Eanksboro'. The blackthorn is really 

 getting black ; the ditches — well they are black, and blind too ; 

 and the tm*f is so velvety that the oldest pair of forelegs may 

 be ridden with as much — perhaps more — impimity than the 

 youngest. The last glimmers of sunshine and summer have 

 been flickering about us ; but now all is autumn proper, golden 

 and cheerful — let others who do not hunt call it " drear" or 

 what they like. To us there is a joy in the falling leaf, a halo 

 round the dusky clouds, a glad sound in the pattering rain, 

 and a pleasant whisper in the night wind. They tell of a 

 happy prospect: and we hug ourselves over the future — 

 forgetful, as any other section of the world might be, that what 

 brings delight to us may mean discomfort and gloom to many 

 differently situated. 



