100 Memoir of Tom Smith. 



lie would ratlier have lost the whole than have 

 Eeynard disj)osed of in any but a sportsman- 

 like manner. On the arrival of the hounds at 

 his house, he said to Mr. Smith : '' You will 

 laugh when I tell you something about my 

 youngest boy. He is now at home for the 

 Chi'istmas holidays, and I had promised him 

 a ride on his pony after the hounds to-day, if 

 he fii'st leai-nt his lesson in geography. I 

 asked him just now the capital of some country, 

 and his reply was, ' Borum Y/'ood.' " By 

 general consent the rest of the lesson was 

 excused for that day, and the embryo sjDorts- 

 man accompanied the party to his ^^ caj)ital," 

 where the fox was found, which after a good 

 run in the open to the left of Marlborough, 

 was run to ground under an immense stone, 

 similar to those at Stonehenge. This was one 

 of the Grey Wethers, which lie in a valley the 

 south end of which terminates near the old 

 Bath road, bordering on Salisbury Plain. It 

 was impossible to get the fox out; but Mr. 



