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whip, (for whom an equally sad fate was in store), 

 went round by Borough Bridge and stopped the 

 hounds, which lost their fox in the Newby covers, 

 and he had the sad mission of taking home the news 

 to Mrs. Orveys. , 



Sir Charles, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Robinson were 



and Sir Charles's " Saltfish," an old and a very good one, jumped out, 

 and getting entangled fast in the chain, added to the weight on that side 

 of the boat, and upset it. Sir Charles had, we believe, his reins twisted 

 round his wrist. At first he struck out for the boat, and when he saw 

 it go over, he swam away and was within a stroke or two of the oppo- 

 site shore, where there was no one to fling him the end of a hunting- 

 whip, when he threw up his arms and went down. It is thought that 

 he took the cramp, as his legs were very much drawn up. This is not 

 improbable, as he was somewhat heated with a fast run. Mr. Lloyd 

 must at first have been under the boat with the rest of the men and 

 horses. He was the champion swimmer of his day at Eton, and he 

 struck out manfully for the nearest shore, but the weight of his boots 

 and hunting clothes in the rapid stream was too much for him. Captain 

 Robert Vyner and Mr. William Ingleby jumped in and got hold of him, 

 and for some time sustained him, but he was a very heavy man, and 

 soon overpowered them. In his last extremity he never lost his pre- 

 sence of mind. There was a total abnegation of self ; he did as they 

 directed him, putting his hands on their shoulders, and when he found 

 they were exhausted, he calmly removed them, like th noble fellow 

 that he was, rather than imperil their lives as well as his own. No 

 three men could have behaved more gallantly. 



Of Mr. Robinson no one seems to know anything for certain, as he 

 disappeared almost immediately. His usual custom was never to get off 

 his horse in a boat, but whether he was off or on that morning no one 

 seems to remember. Some say he was, some say he was not. One 

 man states that he saw him rise in the water on his horse ; but this 

 looks like a mistake, for if he had been mounted in the boat, he and his 

 horse must have parted company when the boat upset sideways. 

 Orveys, the huntsman, can never have made an effort to swim, as he 

 was found next day with his hunting-whip still tightly clutched in his 

 hand. Thus he died as he lived, true to his duty. The poor ferrymen, 

 two good and valued servants, were no doubt struck by the horses, ren- 

 dered insensible, and sank at once. Of the others in the boat, Mr. 

 Clare Vyner was the first to come up, and scramble on to the boat, 

 which was then bottom upwards, and he assisted first Mr. White, then 

 Sir G. Wombwell, then Captain Molyneux and Major Mussinden on to 

 the same place. Captain Molyneux, R.N., was a good swimmer, and 

 reached the shore, as did Captain Key, who, seeing the water coming 

 into the boat, jumped out at once before she went over, and went back 

 along the chain. 



