to the group and a rich prospect of and meadow land with luxuriant hedges and richly ornamented with wood lay spread out below them this is delightful � thoroughly delightful said mr the skin of whose expressive countenance was rapidly off with exposure to the sun so it is so it is old fellow replied come a glass of punch with great pleasure said mr and the tion of his countenance after drinking it bore testimony to the sincerity of the reply good said mr his lips very good ril take another cool very cool come gentlemen continued mr still retaining his hold upon the jar a toast our friends at the toast was drunk with loud ru tell you what i shall do to get up my shooting again said mr who was eating bread and ham with a pocket knife fu put a stuffed on the top of a post and practise at it beginning at a short distance and it by degrees i understand it s capital practice i know a sir said mr as did that and begun at two but he never tried it on ag in for he the bird right clean away at the first fire and nobody ever seed a feather on him sam said mr the club � sir replied mr have the goodness to reserve your anecdotes till they are called for � sir here mr winked the eye which was not concealed by the beer can he was raising to his lips with such that the two boys went into spontaneous and even the long man condescended to smile well that certainly is most capital cold punch said mr looking earnestly at the stone bottle and the day is extremely warm and � my dear friend a glass of punch with the greatest delight replied mr and having drank that glass mr took another just to see whether there was any orange in the punch because orange always with him and finding that there was not mr took another glass to the health of their absent friend and then felt himself called upon to propose another in honor of the punch unknown this constant succession of glasses produced considerable effect upon mr his countenance beamed with the most sunny smiles laughter played around his lips and good merriment in his eye yielding by degrees to the influence of the exciting liquid rendered more so by the heat mr expressed a strong desire to recollect a song which he had heard in his infancy and the attempt proving sought to his memory with more glasses of punch which appeared to have quite a contrary effect for from forgetting the words of the song he began to forget how to articulate any words at au and finally papers of after rising to his legs to address the company in an eloquent speech he fell into the and fast asleep simultaneously the basket having been and it being found perfectly impossible to awaken mr from his some discussion took place whether it would be better for mr to wheel his master back again or to leave him where he was until they should all be ready to return the latter course was at length decided on and as their further expedition was not to exceed an hour s duration and as mr begged very hard to be one of the party it was determined to leave mr asleep in the and to call for him on their return so away they went leaving mr most comfortably in the shade that mr would have continued to in the shade until his friends came back or in thereof until the shades of evening had fallen on the landscape there appears no reasonable cause to doubt always supposing that he had been suffered to remain there in peace but he was not suffered to remain there in peace and this is what prevented him captain was a little fierce man in a stiff black and blue who when he did condescend to walk about his property did it in company with a thick stick with a brass and a gardener and sub gardener with meek faces to whom the not the stick captain gave his orders with all due grandeur and ferocity for captain s wife s sister had married a and the captain s house was a villa and his land grounds and it was all very high and mighty and great mr had not been asleep half an hour when the club followed by the two came along as fast as his size and importance would let him and when he came near the oak tree captain paused and drew a long breath and looked at the prospect as if he thought the prospect ought to be highly gratified at having him to take notice of it and then he struck the ground emphatically his stick and summoned the head gardener hunt said captain yes sir said the gardener roll this place to morrow morning � do you hear hunt yes su and take care that you me this place in good order � do you hear hunt yes sir and remind me to have a board done about and spring guns and all that sort of thing to keep the common people out do you hear hunt do you hear ni not forget it sir i beg your pardon sir said the other man with his hand to his hat well what s the matter with said captain i beg your pardon sir � but i think there have been here to day ha said the captain around him yes sir � they have been dining here i think sir why confound their audacity so they have said captain as the and fragments that were strewn upon the grass met his eye they have actually been devouring their food here i wish i had the papers of here said the captain the 