Anecdote of Lady Morgan. 167 



rode off after the pack. Mr. Smith viewed 

 the hunted fox away from the covertj and fol- 

 lowed the three and a half couple of hounds, 

 which killed it in the second field. He took 

 the fox on his horse, and overtook the pack at 

 a check, and threw it down to them. On 

 breaking up there were seen three very small 

 cubs. 



Fox-hunting l ore is not a very common 

 topic in a mixed company at a London dinner- 

 table; neither do ladies in general mix in such 

 if they should arise. Eut there are exceptions 

 to most rules ; and so it fell to the lot of Mr. 

 Smith to be cross-questioned on the subject by 

 no less a celebrity than Lady Morgan. He 

 was dining at his sister's in Eaton-square, and 

 he had to take down her ladyship. During 

 the dessert some man opposite asked him if he 

 had a good entry of young hounds ; to which 

 he replied that he had about fifty couple sent 

 out to walks. Lady Morgan at once brought 

 the conversation to a check by exclaiming, 



