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open the ball with him, on condition that he 

 wonld wear a Scotch dress. He did so ; but 

 when the time came, he found the dance was to 

 be the galo23, which he had never practised, nor 

 even heard of. It was too late to hold back 

 then; so he went to work, trusting to the 

 chapter of accidents. In a minute his partner 

 cried with a laugh, ^'Why, you don't know 

 the galop!" ^'IsTo," he replied; ^^only in the 

 hunting field." ^Nevertheless, he found the 

 time so well marked by the music that he 

 proved an apt pupil, and ere the dance was 

 over Mrs. Fleming said, ^'Il^ow you do it as 

 well as any of them." 



At Mr. Fleming's he often had the pleasure 

 of meeting Lord Palmerston; of whom, as a 

 sportsman, an anecdote may be related. His 

 lordship was in the field one day, when a fox 

 was found at Eittem. Eeynard ran straight 

 to the water at Bursledon, but did not cross ; 

 instead, he turned short back by Eotley coverts 

 to Bittern, where he ran to groimd, with the 



