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old red coats ; George Turner alone of liis fol- 

 lowing being well dressed. He had prepared 

 himself for all sorts of sarcasms, and so took 

 no notice of the remarks that were freely made, 

 as he felt sure that he could show them sport. 

 Just before the throw off. Lord Cardigan in- 

 quired why the other two men were dis- 

 charged. He received the short reply, ^^For 

 disobedience of orders;" and, without asking 

 anything more, said, ^^ Quite right — but what 

 do you mean to do?" ^^Find a fox, have a 

 good rim, and kill him." Turning to Lord 

 Eosslyn, his lordship said, '' That's plucky, 

 isn't it ?" and then introduced Mr. Smith, not 

 knowing that they had already become ac- 

 quainted in the New Forest. 



The hounds were soon at work in that fine 

 gorse of ten acres, having moved two foxes, one 

 of which left the covert, and passed through a 

 host of horses, thereby proving to the Master 

 that he had some point ; but no one else then 

 thought so, for when the hounds ran to the 



