44 Memoir of Tom Smith, 



quietly trotted back again into tlie water, and 

 remained there nntil Davis came up with tlie 

 hounds and the whole field. Lord Eosslyn, 

 on arriving, inquired who had gone on with 

 the two hounds. No one answered; and see- 

 ing Mr. Smith sitting on the hank, he un- 

 courteously said — 



"Mr. Smith, you must have been the j^er- 

 son." 



On his pleading guilty, his lordship said — 



"You ought to have stopped them." 



"Stop them I" was the reply; "I might 

 as well try to stop the Thames. I had enough 

 to do to keep within sight of them." 



" Then, sir, if you had been a sportsman, 

 you would have stopped them." 



To which Mr. Smith replied — 



" "When I want a character, I shall not 

 come to youi' lordship for it." 



The stag was shortly taken out, and his 

 horns sawn off, which were offered to Mr. 

 Smith; but he refused to receive them, after 



