Will Harrison. 11 



Beside hunting in his own small way, Tom 

 was allowed by his father noAV and then to 

 join the Hampshire hounds, at that time un- 

 der the management of Mr. Joseph Eussell, 

 who kept them at Grewell, a few miles only 

 from Shaldon. Will Harrison, the old hunts- 

 man, used good-naturedly to talk freely with 

 the young I^imrod, and taught him the names 

 of all the hounds. It was also no uncommon 

 thing for him, after the fox had been lost the 

 day before, to say, ^^ Well, Master Smith, what 

 became of our fox yesterday?" The lad had 

 always a prompt answer; and as he really had 

 a very quick apprehension, he was often flat- 

 tered by hearing old Will exclaim, ^^ By jingo, 

 he's right !" But Tom did not confine himself 

 merely to hunting animals ; on the contrary, 

 he closely observed them; and having natural 

 artistic talent, he soon began sketching them, 

 thus laying the foundation of the facility which 

 afterwards enabled liim to paint the whole 

 Hampshire Hunt at one sitting, as we shall 



