128 OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 



were delightfully harmonious and energetic, — his 

 view-halloo thrilled every one near him, — and his 

 language was too pertinent to be misunderstood. 

 His indignation in the field was sometimes ex- 

 cessive ; frequently expressed by looks, some- 

 times by deputies, — but when by words, he seldom 

 or ever degenerated to rudeness. After rebuking 

 a man once or twice, he would tell him he was 

 incorrigible, and it was of no use to admonish 

 him. He complained of having to find fault 

 with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 

 for disgorging annvially such a parcel of fools 

 to torment him ; to whom, if they attempted 

 a vindication of their riding, or being trouble- 

 some, he would courteously reply, ' You may be 

 perfectly right, gentlemen, and I may be wrong ; 

 but there is gross ignorance on one side or the 

 other.' As a zealous and steady friend and a 

 sportsman, Mr. Mcynell's memory will ever rank 

 with the highest characters on record ; he was a 

 man to whom I feel much indebted for his friend- 

 ship and the benefits I derived from his ex- 

 perience. His life was replete with anecdote in 

 the field and in society, some of which do not 

 exactly appertain to fox-hunting." 



It occurs to me, that you may expect that I 

 should give you my idea of perjection in a run, 

 and my memory furnishes me with the following. 



