Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . ting, and live in as fine a scentin country as any inthe kingdom. The soil is pretty stiff, the leaps large and frequent,and a great deal of timber to get over. Now, sir, my brown oss is awerry capital unter ; and though he is slow, and I cannot absolutelyride over the ounds (indeed the country is so enclosed that I do notsee so much of them as I could wish), yet, in the end, he generallybrings me in before the unsman goes home with the dogs. And here let me observe, said Mr. Jorrocks, breaking off, thatthat is neither good sportin nor good language, and N
Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . ting, and live in as fine a scentin country as any inthe kingdom. The soil is pretty stiff, the leaps large and frequent,and a great deal of timber to get over. Now, sir, my brown oss is awerry capital unter ; and though he is slow, and I cannot absolutelyride over the ounds (indeed the country is so enclosed that I do notsee so much of them as I could wish), yet, in the end, he generallybrings me in before the unsman goes home with the dogs. And here let me observe, said Mr. Jorrocks, breaking off, thatthat is neither good sportin nor good language, and Nutmeg, I shouldthink, had been one of your Macadamizin happetite unting parsons,or he would neither have talked of ridin over the ounds, or yet beingcontent to draggle up after the worry, and just as the dogs, as hecalls them, were going home—But let that pass. Mr. Jorrocksthen resumed his reading— * Now, sir, my brown oss is a noble leaper, and never gave me afall in his life in that way ; but he has got a hawkward trick (though. A HORSE WITH ONLY ONE FAULT. OB, MR. JOBBOCKSS BUNT. 132 he dears everything with his fore legs in capital style) of leaving theother two on the wrong side of the fence; and if the gate or stilehappens to be in a sound state, it is a work of time and trouble toget his hind legs over. He clears a ditch finely indeed, with two feet,but the others constantly fall in ; that it gives me a strange pain inmy back, very like what is called a lumbago ; and unless you kindlystand my friend and instruct me how I am to bring these hind legsafter me, I fear I shall never get rid of it. If you please, sir, youmay ride him a unting yourself any day you will please to appoint,and you shall be eartily welcome. To this letter Gambado replied as follows :— u i Reverend Sir, Your brown oss being so good an unter, and as you observe,having so fine a notion of leaping I should be appy if I could be of anyservice in assistin1 you to make his two hind legs follow the o
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