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fisher, and the best gentleman huntsmen that 

 Mr. Smith had ever seen. 



In returning from Scotland, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Smith slept but one night at an iim, so many 

 friends' houses were open to them; a very 

 agreeable matter, although it made their jour- 

 ney rather slow. They visited, among others. 

 Sir Mathew Eidley, when Mr. Smith had a day 

 with his hounds (it was the last year that Sir 

 Mathew kept them), and also painted a picture 

 of her ladyship on horseback ; she was a daugh- 

 ter of Lord "Wensleydalo, and a most charming 

 person. After a short time they went into 

 Dorsetshire, on visits to Lord Portman, Mr. 

 Farquharson, and Mr. Drax. This latter gen- 

 tleman had purchased half of the Craven pack, 

 as already mentioned. At his splendid man- 

 sion of Charborough, Mr. Smith met Mr. 

 Grantley Berkeley, who, it is hardly needful 

 to say, was most excellent company. They 

 then took a house for a few months at Eoume- 

 mouth, and Mr. Smith amused himself with 



