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judge by, especially if the person be an old 

 sportsman, as he is. 



" Lord Lisle* hunts a good deal Lord Lisle, 

 with these hounds, and is a most capital good 

 sportsman and hard rider, also a most enter- 

 taining person at the covert side. Mr. Mr. Lukin. 

 Lukinf appears very often, and it always made 

 me enjoy a run the more when I saw him 

 going along, standing up in his stirrups, and 

 screeching with delight, which is his custom 

 when hounds are running hard. November 

 the 12th, they met at West End, found at 

 Allington, pointed for Stoke Park, but turned 

 to Durley, where the country was very deep, 

 the fences very blind, and a thick fog the whole 

 time, and killed after fifty-two minutes. There 

 were a great many falls. Mr. Moody had two, 

 Mr. King, jun., one, and Mr. Taylor one, be- 

 sides many others. On January the 14th, met 

 at Fair Oak, found near Durley, and went 

 away straight to Botley Grange, where he went 

 to ground. The youngest Mr. Delme and 

 another were first. Mr. G. Butler got a bad 

 fall, and lost his nag. Mr. Taylor had two 



* Lord Lisle fell off his horse in a fit and died, November, 1834. 



f Mr. Lukin wore rather conspicuous leather breeches, of the tint 

 that gaiters are now made ; but he was a very great dandy in his 

 way, and universally admitted to have been a capital man across 

 country. 



