262 EXPEDITION TO THE TYROL. 



grounds of the estate, and visiting neighboring gentlemen. 

 I found Mr. Barrill was greatly esteemed in that part of 

 the country. Our adventures made us the " lions" of the 

 time. We were feasted in all directions, and our tongues 

 were wearied of recounting what we had seen and done 

 in distant lands. One morning, Mr. Barrill came to me 

 as I was walking in the noble park, and asked me how I 

 would like to accompany him in some more hunting expe- 

 ditions; of course, I replied I was ready to go with him in 

 any direction he chose, and he then mentioned that he had 

 suddenly determined to take a trip to the Tyrol, and try 

 his hand at the splendid and exciting sport of hunting the 

 chamois among the Alps. He gave me a slight idea of the 

 nature of the scenery and the perilous character of the 

 hunt, and this caused me to be extremely anxious to 

 match myself against the Tyrolese in their own land of clifi 

 and crag. 



Two days were occupied in preparation. We designed 

 to take with us, however, as small a quantity of baggage 

 as we thought would suffice for stern necessities. On a 

 bright morning, we took our equipment of rifles, ammunition 

 and clothes, and, bidding the old servants of the mansion 

 adieu, started in the mail coach for London. The incidents 

 of this rapid journey to the Tryol are not worth a record. 

 We passed through grand and beautiful scenery in France 

 and Switzerland, but had no time to make any special ob- 



