"THE COTTESMORE IN 1826." 27 



taken place, and that he shall see him out again at the 

 next meet that is within distance of the rectory, which 

 he will take care shall be on as early a day as possible, 

 that all may be forgotten and forgiven, and that 

 they may faint alternately in one another's arms, and 

 meet again as friends. This happy event soon took 

 place, and the fireaway Master of the harriers in 

 question for ever afterwards took care to be courteous 

 in his manner to his old and reverend friend, who was 

 mighty fond of a little bit of hunting in a quiet way, 

 and nothing pleased him better than a day occasionally 

 with the little " currant jelly dogs," now that the 



Master had promised to abstain from d g him. 



Poor old Mr. , as I said before, was a preacher 



of, and a man of, peace, and not a regular hunting 

 parson who rode hard, and thrusted, and made 

 himself objectionable. 



I never could quite make out why these men of 

 peace were very often so unpeaceful. This, however, 

 was frequently the case, and the regular hunting parson 

 or sporting parson was, as a rule, very unruly, and 

 was never satisfied if he was not first. When hunting 

 he generally rode jealous, when shooting he gene- 

 rally shot jealous. So long as he could keep first, 

 he was as far as it is possible satisfied, but if not first, 



