42 Tally ho, 



1639. Within a niche in the side wall is the recum- 

 bent figure of a knight in armour, the feet resting on 

 the form of a dog, executed in granite. This figure 

 must be of very ancient date, if I may judge of it by 

 the time-worn appearance of the stone of which it is 

 formed ; and I could find no other record than " This 

 is the Lord Hamon Beters, brother to the Lord Mow- 

 bray.'^ Over the figure hangs the iron helmet or head 

 piece of the knight, pierced in several places, but still 

 in a very good state of preservation. In one corner of 

 the church there stands a large round table, on which 

 are placed a number of old books secured by padlocks 

 and chains. Amongst others a Latin Bible of the date 

 of 1617 ; ^ A Defence of the Church of England, im- 

 printed at London in Fleate streate, at the sign of the 

 Elephant, anno 1570,^ with annotations by 'John 

 Jewel, Bishop of Sarisburie ; ^ and several other books 

 of like dates, amongst which is an old copy of ' Foxe^s 

 Book of Martyrs.'' 



Yery quiet is Melton on a Sunday, and I retire to 

 rest at an early period of the evening, so as to be 

 ready for a day with the Quorn in the morning. 



On the Monday I rise betimes ; the meet is at Wart- 

 naby Hall, the residence of Mrs. Turner, and I look 

 forward with eagerness, hoping to have a good day's 

 sport with this world-famed and historical pack. But 

 the morning is lowering ; one of that sort which old 

 Stevens, under whom I graduated in hunting — and 

 the father of the celebrated Jack Stevens, of Leicester- 

 shire fame — was wont to describe as being " amongst 

 the muddlings," a description which, if not particu- 

 larly lucid, is at any rate expressive. 



As the distance to Wartnaby Hall was only three 



