2 So The PytcJiley Hitnt^ Past aiici Present, 



oruithological knowledge about equal to that of the old 

 woman, who, to confirm her assertion of having been 

 present in church, declared to her clergyman that he 

 must have seen her, as " she had sot right again the 

 turkey'^ — meaning, of course, the eagle forming the 

 lectern. 



An ardent and devoted floriculturist, the fair lady — 

 who shares her husband's passion for hound and fox, 

 and the pursuit of the latter by the former — yields to 

 no one in the successful management of tbe garden. 

 Choosing the rose and the carnation as the principal 

 objects for culture, she is no less alive to the charms of 

 every flower that can impart brightness to her borders. 

 The frost may be long, the winter may be such as the 

 never-to-be-forgotten one of 1886, but the spirit of 

 ennui will fail to find an entrance into a household, 

 where, like that of Broom Hill, the teachings of Mr. 

 Jorrocks do not constitute the only philosophy deemed 

 worthy of consideration. 



CAPTAIN GIST ^— MR. PENDER— MR. JAMESON. 



In the stables of the house known as Spratton Hall — 

 so long occupied by Captain Mildmay Clerk, spoken of 

 elsewhere — Captain T. Gist can show three or four 

 weight-carrying horses that would do credit to any stud 

 where power is the one thing needful, and ^' place " — in a 

 run — an object of some consideration. 



Not far distant on the crest of the same hill, at 



^ Since the above was written, this gentleman, like the author, is 

 nuiiibered with the dead. — Ed. 



