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coldness of the water, and the force of the current, were 

 unable to make another effort to recover him. They were 

 obliged to receive assistance from the shore to save them- 

 selves. 



" Mr. Eichard Thompson, of Kirby, swam off to the help 

 of Sir Charles ; but the latter being carried further away 

 from him by the current, Mr. Thompson was obliged to give 

 up all hope of reaching him, and was himself helped out 

 by getting hold of two whips being tied together, one end 

 being thrown to him from the bank. As soon as he was a 

 little recovered, he ran down the bank and swam across a 

 canal to an island, where the river makes a bend, in hopes 

 that the body of Orvis, the huntsman, which was being 

 carried down by the current, might be washed within reach. 

 Unfortunately, Orvis was carried to the other shore, and 

 the weir being only fifty yards below he could make no 

 further effort. The two gardeners were never seen alive 

 after the boat was upset. 



" Thus Yorkshire has lost, by this unprecedented 

 catastrophe. Sir Charles Slingsby, perhaps the best gentle- 

 man huntsman that has ever lived — one whose genial 

 manners and kind disposition endeared him to all who 

 had the good fortune to come in contact with him ; 

 Mr. Eobinson, who was not only the finest horseman and 

 best rider to hounds I have ever known, but the least 

 jealous person that ever followed hounds over a country ; 

 Mr. Lloyd, the best man of his weight (he rode fully 1 6 st.) 

 that ever crossed this deep plough — one whom no fence 

 was too strong for ; and lastly, poor old Orvis, the cheeriest 

 of huntsmen and the most civil of servants. Four better- 

 known men, and whose loss would be more deeply mourned 

 for, could not be found anywhere, Requicscant in pace ! 



