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country between Farnham and Overton. At 

 that time, he says, the boundaries of different 

 hunts were not defined ; that which is now the 

 H. H. was perhaps better so than any other ; 

 foxes were not preserved, and hounds were 

 moved about from one part of the county to 

 another. Lord Stawell had one house at 

 Mar elands and another at Maple Durham, and 

 two or three different kennels. Will Will 

 Harrison was his huntsman, John Harrison - 

 Richmond and Sharp were his whippers-in. 

 Will Harrison was a good old sportsman, very 

 cheerful and civil, but somewhat pompous in 

 his manner, and peculiarly addicted to using 

 fine words, to the great amusement of his lord- 

 ship. When building the kennels, Lord Sta- 

 well asked him how he would get water. Har- 

 rison said, " he had duly considered that, and 

 in his opinion the best plan would be to erect 

 a well." 



He was a very short man, and his heels did 

 not reach much below the flaps of his saddle. 

 When urging his horse with his spurs, which 

 only dug into the flaps of his saddle, he was 

 heard to exclaim, " I may as well stick my 

 spurs into oblivion." On one occasion, when 

 he had run his fox from the Holt to Waverley 

 Abbey, the hounds entered the pleasure- 

 grounds, and he followed them, riding over 



