1S00.] OF HAMPSHIRE. 



Distressed at length he gains the village, 

 Where of late he roamed for pillage ; 

 Midst his old haunts he finds no friend, 

 And Joe's who- whoop proclaims his end. 

 My rhymes are done : once more excuse 

 Your ancient laureat's limping muse, 

 And here in Dian's joyous court, 

 Drink in full cups the noble sport ; 

 Then free from care, from pain, from sorrow, 

 Haste to Thorny Down to-morrow. 



Mr. Ridge resigned the mastership of the 

 H. H. April 25th, 1 795, and died at Kilmiston 

 in 1798. 



The following are some of the Members of 

 names of members of the old Kil- Kilmiston 

 miston Hunt, when Mr. Ridge was 

 its President, in 1782 ; their addresses were 

 not given in the old Hunt records, and one or 

 two of them I have utterly failed to discover. 

 I apprehend they w T ere members of the Hunt, 

 but non-residents in the county : 



Mr. Thomas Ridge, President, Manor House, 

 Kilmiston. 



Sir Willoughby Aston, Baronet, Crawley 

 House. 



Colonel ShirrefF, afterwards General Shirreff, 

 Upton House, Old Alresford. 



Mr. Wm. Powlett-P owlet fc, Little Sombourn, 

 after at Lainston House. 



Rev. C. Powlett, the poet of the H. H., 

 Itchen Abbas. 



