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I ever knew was Richard Bennet ; he lived 

 with the late Lord Stamford, afterwards 

 with Mr. John Calcraft, and lastly with his 

 present Majesty ; he was quiet with hounds, 

 and always in his place ; a capital horseman, 

 and what is a great virtue in a whipper-in, 

 he never wished to hunt the hounds himself. 

 I have often heard him say, if he were 

 offered a huntsman's place he should hesi- 

 tate before he accepted it. — " I know, Sir, 

 said he, I understand my business as 

 whipper-in ; if I take a huntsman's place, I 

 may not succeed, and it would be hard to 

 go back into my old situation again." He 

 died at the Six-Miles Bottom, near New- 

 market, where he lived very comfortably, 

 having been well provided for by His Ma- 

 jesty. A good feeder is very rarely to be 

 met with ; he ought to obey very exactly 

 the orders given him, and on no account 

 should he be absent without leaving some 

 steady person in the kennel. I will relate 



