132 HUNTING PARTY. 



to the ladies, seemed to me like that of a 

 fine bracing October morning, only requir- 

 ing exercise to keep you warm. On arriv- 

 ing at the city, the numerous cavalcade of 

 gentlemen escorted the several parties of 

 ladies to their respective homes, and then 

 separated for the evening. 



In the month of July, Colonel Johnston, 

 Colonel Lyster, Colonel Macintosh, myself, 

 and several other Englishmen, formed a hunt- 

 ing party. We started about two o'clock, 

 p. M. and scampered over six leagues of 

 plains west of the city, winding between the 

 mountains; the first part of our journey 

 being through grazing fields, and the lat- 

 ter amidst corn lands, which appeared to 

 infinitely more advantage, as the hills were 

 lower and covered with trees and bush-wood, 

 affording shelter, and giving a much warmer 

 appearance to the whole. On our route we 

 passed through several small villages and 



