CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTEE, I. 



page: 

 School-boy days — Early activity and habits of observa- 

 tion — An ugly wound — An election anecdote — 

 Yolunteering — First scarlet coat .... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Farming — Vice-President of the Winchester Agricul- 

 tural Show — Fox-hunting — Cricket — Devon Stag- 

 hounds — Marriage — Residence at Hill House, Ham- 

 bledon — Visit to Scotland — Lord Fife's practical 

 jokes — Mr. Owen, of New Lanark — An unpleasant 

 mistake — Adventure in a coal-mine — " Out of debt, 

 out of danger" 19 



CHAPTER IIL 



Sport in the New Forest — Sir Bellingham Graham — The 

 horse General — Mr. Smith becomes Master of the 

 Hambledon hounds — Unpromising beginning — Ex- 

 traordinary run into Sussex — Mr. Smith's picture of 

 the H. H., with sixty-five likenesses — Visit to the 

 Quorn — An unexpected honour . . . .39 



