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horse fell into the wide ditch on the far side, 

 and his rider, as soon as he could gather 

 himself nj), had to pull him out by the tail. 

 He remounted, and shortly after overtook the 

 houndsj alone, before any of the rest of the 

 field came up, as they had made a long detour 

 to have the benefit of a gate. A day or two 

 after this, ]\Ir. Isted, one of the hard riders, 

 and who was also a clever di'aftsman, was 

 amusing some of the party with a sketch that 

 he had made of this fall, and in due time 

 it was handed to the subject of it. Mr. Smith 

 remarked that he had forgotten one incident, 

 which he would supply ; and taking a pencil, 

 he added a portrait of a horseman, who bore 

 a tolerable resemblance to Mr. Isted, gallop- 

 ping along with others away fi'om the hounds 

 and making for the gate. The sketch thus 

 completed is probably still in Mr. Isted' s 

 portfolio. 



During this visit to Sii* Eellingham Mr. 

 Smith had the pleasiu'e of preventing a duel, 



