. Chips, sporting & otherwise : in verse & prose. Horses; Fox hunting. 86 Cj^c Camv of a ^pur. If this should meet his eye, and there are any trifling inaccuracies herein, I am open to correction; but question, nevertheless, whether he will care to " father " the story by setting me right, although I am sure the matters I have narrated will not have been forgotten by that portly personage, although it might be difficult for him to recall many of the numerous transactions in which he has been engaged when " the boot was on the other ; THE CAREER OF A T is
. Chips, sporting & otherwise : in verse & prose. Horses; Fox hunting. 86 Cj^c Camv of a ^pur. If this should meet his eye, and there are any trifling inaccuracies herein, I am open to correction; but question, nevertheless, whether he will care to " father " the story by setting me right, although I am sure the matters I have narrated will not have been forgotten by that portly personage, although it might be difficult for him to recall many of the numerous transactions in which he has been engaged when " the boot was on the other ; THE CAREER OF A T is now several years ago, aye, some seven or more, but I remember the snug little double window in which I was then exposed to view, as well as if it were but yesterday. How superbly plated we were—that highly-burnished row of which my mate and I composed a pair! and Mr. Saddleflaps, in selecting a stand for our accom- modation, neatly covered with scarlet cloth, had not displayed any lack of taste—for I trow that our kindred, even in the shops of the first saddlers in London itself, could not have outshone us—nor had they, Til warrant, their silvery brightness dis- played to greater advantage than ourselves. There we were perched in a row, watching day by day the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wedge, F. L. W. Coventry : W. W. Curtis ; London : Hamilton, Adams
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