The New York herald., 1879-01-05

the ground anxiously, and is not sure whether il
will be worth while making the run. Then. eaping
ditch into ploughed field. he is followed by
the hounds and two three OF the huntsinen, who
ride about and study the ground in q deprccatins
way while the dogs run hither and thither shifting
every twig and stone. eager to be away, and the
huntsman always calling and commanding. just as
if he were John Kelly addressing Tammany
venton. In the meantime we gather on the road
and watch the sky aud ground Some of our party
are we'll mounted, and their horses. trained to the
chase, are impatient for the horn Do you remcm-
ber how poor Whyte-Melville who broke his neck
the other day in q hunting field. describes q good
hunter:
A head like n snake and skin like a mouse;
An eye like a wonians-bright, gentle aud brown;
With loins and o. back that would carry q house,
And quarters to lift him smack over town.
Where the country is deepest. give you my word.
'Tis pride and pleasure to put him along;
Der fallow and pasture he sweeps like bird
Aud there's nothing too high. nor too widc nor too
strong.
We do not wait long. for in . few minutes Lord
Howth returns riding rapidly the field. crosses
the road and enters another field. In moment the
hounds ara after him. the scent is found, and with
tails in air. noses on the ground every nerve at
tuned painting straining, eager. the whole pack is
away Huntsmep brace themselves in their saddles
and of. Over ditch into a rough field.
The hounds straining and eager--every one
pressing to the front. Over hedge COW
cred by shrnbbcry. The hounds dart as it
like out of bow and the horsemen
after. Some look about for easy place. gap or
gate but the most of them go plunging straight
after the hounds His Lordship we'll to the front
One horse misses his footing throws his rider and
makes down the road for his stable having no inter
est in the hounds Happily the rider-a lady-is not
injured. The horse is canght and she returns to
the chase. Now let friends get to the front as
well as they can--the front is a half mile away. the
hounds in full cry. Hunting is like human life and
has great deal of human nature in it, Some tumble,
some fall in a ditch some are throwli--thc hunt
keeps on for the race must be and tho goal must
be won, and if we fall passed it is destiny.
CRY.
Away over field and slope. ground torn by the
plough, over ditches pasture lands where
homely cattle are feeding and wondering what means
this rude invason past cottages, all the household
assembled the men wearing their blue Basque bon
nets. something like what you worn in Scotland.
traversing stony highways again over bitches. into
q morass i'll which plunge and founder and rush
out best How keen the air and how much
better this Joyous communion with nature than cot
toned away in the close nursery Of civilization every
faculty alive and bracing and the spirit OF emulation
in every breast! Who shall be first? Which
of MS will jump the most fences? Who
shall carry off the brush? How like the great hunt
in which all engaged, and which we call exist
ence And what wins in the world wins in the
hunting fcld--nerve. cooness. resolution. hon
est steady riding the goal turning neither TO the
right nor the left but following the path of duty
wherever it leads. whether into smooth ways or
rough fields venturesome walls.
A
Well we ride three-quarters of hour. perhaps an
hour and the cry ahead tells that the hunt is
Reynard did not take to the hills when his chance
was given him, but sought covert, away from the
cold, perhaps. not dreaming that his freedom was
really his doom, and the hounds have found
him. And all that remains of poor Rey-
nard is his brush, which Lord Howth pre-
sents to the English lady who was in ut the
death, and we all straggle home. The hunt has not
been long one, but considering that We expected
none at ALL everybody feels agreeable dsapooint
ment and come back into the town feeling that
the day has not been altogether an idle one.
PAU AS A WINTER HOME.
The advantages of Pau, as far as / can sum them
up are the and the scenery You in the centre
OF beautiful region and if your eye beauty
here it will always be satisfied. To men Of science
there endless field Of study in the geology of the
Pyrenees. Invaids within easy range of ia
nous baths and springs. You can run down to
Barritz in three hours and bathe in tho II you
*,
ing in the scenery the and customs
of the people. II you are adventurous you
may climb Baaturs and side the
sunny plains Of France. the other the stripped
and desolate hills of Arragon If you devout
and believe in manifestations of holy presences on
earth you are within an hour of the most famous
sanctuary in the world the shrine of Our Lady
of Lourdes. In winter the weather is, as gen.
eral thing. dry and the is to be about
part Of the day. Medical men speak highly of Pau,
but that evidence You must take with all caution. as
medical men speak highly of every place have ever
known except the Jersey fats. Still there is good
deal of sound evidence in favor OF Pau The soil is
gravelly and absorbs rain. The air is influenced by
the Pyrenees by breezes by the odors of the
pine forests that the Landes II is dry air.
and you told that for weeks the leaves are mo-
tionlcss 81 still is the atmosphere.
RESIDENTS
In the way of society and amusements you can
form your own conclusions from what have written.
The hunt is institution. An effort is making to
have polo, for read in the club last evening sum
mons and invitation to polo, There are to be
races in u short tme-racins, and stceplechasng.
Lawn tennis is old custom already. There
books and circulating libraries and there is always
as q sort OF framework about you the queer. old
fashioned town. in which you blended traits OF
spanish French and Biscsyan life. There is casino.
where concerts are given and am told tho concerts
are well worth hearing. There is theatre, in which
YOU have opera and comedy. There is art society.
which promises exhibition soon. Other
nationalities come here we'll English
and American. Her Royal Highness the
Princess Of schlcswig -Holstein lives here since
Bismarck took that duchy Here also lives the wife OF
Marshal st. Armand, who commanded the French
army i'll the Crimca also the Duchess OF Montcbcllo,
of the family OF Marshal Lannes. His Royal High
ness Count lie Bari, member Of the Neapolitan
Bourbon family upset by Garibafli, makes his home
in PAN waiting like Don Carlos for the revolution TO
end and kings to to their There sew
cral Russian Polish Brazilian aud Portuguese fanii.
lies and many from Spain and Belgium The English,
however have the lead and l presume America
..,.n .nxt told That Mrs Iinrnlt, ,ri.lnu. OF