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its tongue^ when he heard it, even in the 

 wood. 



These two good runs, and his extraordinary 

 good luck, led the Hunt to request Mr. Smith 

 to continue Master and Huntsman also; and he 

 went on with them for another season. Seve- 

 ral other runs were remarkable enough; as 

 one from Naseby to the Brigstock country; and 

 another from Misterton, when he rode over the 

 first brook that he had ever attempted ; it was 

 seventeen feet wide, and he had to cross it 

 three times during the run. The only three 

 men beside who rode at it failed; they were 

 Mr. G. Pa}Tie, the Eev. Vere Isham, and Tom 

 Goddard. 



In the second season they met one day at 

 Sulby, which was then occupied by the Duke 

 of Montrose. Mr. Smith dined with the Duke 

 the day before, and the conversation turned on 

 an extraordinary rim a few days before with 

 the Quorn hounds, when the pack ran clean 

 away from every horseman, owing to their 



