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parcel of fools to torment him ; to whom, 

 if they attempted a vindication of their 

 riding, or being troublesome, 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. Meynell's memory 

 will ever rank with the highest characters 

 on record; he was a man to whom I 

 feel much indebted for his friendship and 

 the benefits I derived from his experience. 

 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 perfection in 

 a run, and my memory furnishes me with 

 the following. Imagine all at once in the 

 middle of a thick brake that you hear Wel- 

 lington challenge, — " Wellington has found 

 him !" — and before the huntsman has time 



