90 FEEDERICK VILLEBOIS. 



whilst stopping and taking notes as he proceeded 

 by the way-side, the chin-stay being loose, the 

 horse had disengaged the bridle from his head 

 without his master being aware of his movements. 

 The limits, however, to which I am prescribed in 

 this short work, warn me not to enter on fresh 

 gromid, since even of the Masters of Homids whom 

 I have mentioned there is only sufficient space to 

 admit of my taking a cursory notice. With all 

 his eccentricities and way-side wanderings, never- 

 theless Bowles took good care to avoid meeting 

 the fox-hounds, although we were continually 

 running through his parish. 



Moore was the antithesis to Bowles — ^joining in 

 all our amusements — save fox-hunting — balls, ar- 

 chery-meetings, and dinner parties, and, I need 

 scarcely add, was a most lively, cheerful, and agree- 

 able companion. 



Mr. Frederick Yillebois, brother to the cele- 

 brated Master of the H. H., will long be remem- 

 bered in the Craven country for his liberal manage- 

 ment of that hunt ; and although not equal to cope 

 with his great predecessor in joviality, joke, and 

 jest, he was not found wanting in hospitality and 

 genuine social feelings ; but from his reserved man- 

 ners and rather stiff deportment his true character 

 was not known except to those of his more intimate 



