G4 WILLIAM CODRINGTON. 



Servant. — '' May I beg then the favour, sir, of 

 your allowing me some more help, as I have 

 already slept under the trees these three nights." 



Squire. — " You may have half the village, if you 

 want their assistance ; but don't let me find both 

 the rooks and i/ou here when I come again." 



Some six or seven years afterwards, when the 

 rooks had long found another home, and all the 

 arrangements then in contemplation had been car- 

 ried out to their fullest extent, affording an incon- 

 testable proof of what wealth could accomplish 

 when directed by the skill and taste of an English 

 Gentleman, I was again on my road to Tidworth, 

 with another famous Master of Pox-hounds, the 

 well-known William Codrington, who at that time 

 hunted the country adjoining Mr. Smith's, now 

 called the South Wiltshire. Having dined and 

 slept the previous night at the house then occu- 

 pied by him as a hunting-box, near Warminster, 

 we set out early the folloAving morning, in the ex- 

 pectation of enjoying a great treat by looking over 

 "^the kennels at Tedworth. 



Upon our arrival, the master w^as absent, but 

 soon expected home again, and in the meantime 

 Dick Burton ably performed his part, as master of 

 the ceremonies, by introducing us to the beauties 

 of his harem. In company with this eminent 



