. Fifty years' fox-hunting with the Grafton and other packs of hounds. videntthat it was directed by an intelligent and activemind. On hunting days he always carried a fiask. Itwas the first of the. kind I ever saw; two glassbottles welded together at the lower ends and upto the necks ; and each mouth was neatly corked ;in fact it was very like one of the oil and vinegarcruets with the crossed necks. In offeringrefreshment to a friend, he would say, One sidegives gin, the other brandy; I am sure it is pure,and he would name his wine-merchant. Adambecame so popular that Mr. Lorraine Smithprovid
. Fifty years' fox-hunting with the Grafton and other packs of hounds. videntthat it was directed by an intelligent and activemind. On hunting days he always carried a fiask. Itwas the first of the. kind I ever saw; two glassbottles welded together at the lower ends and upto the necks ; and each mouth was neatly corked ;in fact it was very like one of the oil and vinegarcruets with the crossed necks. In offeringrefreshment to a friend, he would say, One sidegives gin, the other brandy; I am sure it is pure,and he would name his wine-merchant. Adambecame so popular that Mr. Lorraine Smithprovided him with a coat of arms, which I amhappy to be able to reproduce. When hounds were running in the forest,Sherwood was a great authority ; he was verycorrect about a hunted fox, and had learned thesecret of keeping his mouth shut when he saw afresh one. In the forest foxes were fond ofrunning into coverts. When fresh ones appeared,and turned back, Adam was very clever at seeingthem, and when he did, he would make the woodring with his view-holloa. One day the Duke. /. , / M^ 7,4,i^.^!ru ,^,/ - / /^ ^ ,/>^-^f / .? ^- - / .../ .//.,y 7 ..,.. .,.: ,/ /.,y/./ /j, ,Ky <V-- .?-<•<A^- / ?.,. 7 /^:... / ... / ^j/...y / /^^.^. ^ y/. -^...,^ . ./ / A da VI Sherwood. 19 heard him, and, going up, asked him if it werethe hunted fox. Yes, your Grace, and a veryblack fox, your Grace ! ^ Out of compliment to you, Adam, said theDuke. Here Carter came up. Go to this fox,Carter, said his Grace, this is the hunted fox ;Sherwood says it is. After the day^s huntingwas over, Adam was very fond of making remarksabout it. Later on, when George Beers became hunts-man, Adam used rather to tread on his corns, bytelling him where he thought he had done used very forcible argument, but George was ahard nut to crack. On one such occasion itbecame evident that Beerss limit of good temperwas getting strained ; Adam, perceiving this, inthe greatest good humour, said, Ah, well I Ine
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