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veracity I never had reason to doubt. Lord 

 Derby's stag-hounds came up with the stag 

 in a fine field of wheat, where he was taken ; 

 it was so trodden that the next morning 

 not a blade of wheat could be seen ; upon 

 which his Lordship, with his usual liberality, 

 ordered his steward to have the supposed 

 damage valued, and to send the farmer the 

 amount of the valuation ; at the harvest 

 time, the latter waited on his Lordship to 

 return the money, having housed the best 

 crop of wheat he ever had in his life. Lord 

 Derby was so pleased with the conduct 

 of the honest farmer, that he begged his 

 acceptance of the money. This is as it 

 should be ! 



The hunt club dinners are of great ser- 

 vice; they keep up the spirit of the thing. 

 Those country gentlemen who are liberal 

 minded, fond of Society, and favourably in- 

 clined towards the noble science, although 

 from some cause or other they do not hunt 



