The  members  of  the  Surrey  are  the  people  that  combine
business  with  pleasure,  and  even  in  the  severest  run  can
find  time  for  sweet  discourse,  and  talk  about  the  price  of
stocks  or  stockings.  *  Yooi,  wind  him  there,  good  dog ;
yooi,  wind  him.' — '  Cottons  is  fell.' — '  Hark  to  Cottager  /
Hark ! ' — '  Take  your  bill  at  three  months,  or  give  you  three
and  a  half  discount  for  cash.' — '  Eu  in  there,  eu  in,  Cheap
side,  good  dog.' — '  Don't  be  in  a  hurry,  sir,  pray.  He  may
be  in  the  empty  casks  behind  the  cooper's.  Yooi,  try  for
him,  good  bitch.  Yooi,  push  him  out.' — '  You're  not  going
down  that  bank,  surely,  sir  ?  why,  it's  almost  perpendicular
For  God's  sake,  sir,  take  care — remember  you  are  not
insured.  Ah  !  you  had  better  get  off — here,  let  me  hold
your  nag,  and  when  you're  down  you  can  catch  mine; —
that's  your  sort,  but  mind  he  doesn't  break  the  bridle.  He
won't  run  away,  for  he  knows  I've  got  some  sliced  carrots  in
my  pocket  to  reward  him  if  he  does  well. — Thank  you,  sir,
and  now  for  a  leg  up— there  we  are — thafs  your  sort — I'll
wait  till  you  are  up  also,  and  we'll  be  off  together.'

It  is  this  union  of  the  elegant  courtesies  and  business  of
life  with  the  energetic  sports  of  the  field  that  constitutes  the
charm  of  Surrey  hunting ;  and  who  can  wonder  that  smoke-
dried  cits,  pent  up  all  the  week,  should  gladly  fly  fi-om  their
shops  to  enjoy  a  day's  sport  on  a  Saturday  ?  We  must  not,
however,  omit  to  express  a  hope  that  young  men,  who  have
their  way  to  make  in  the  world,  may  not  be  led  astray  by  its
allurements.  It  is  all  very  well  for  old-established  shop-
keepers 'to  do  a  bit  of  pleasure '  occasionally,  but  the
apprentice  or  journeyman  who  understands  his  duties  and
the  tricks  of  his  trade,  will  never  be  found  capering  in  the


4  THE  SWELL  AND  THE  SURREY.
