SundayEvening,27Aug.1826
EverleyisbutaboutthreemilesfromUdgarshall, sothatwegothereintheafternoonofFriday;and, intheeveningaveryheavystormcameanddroveawayallflies, , orhedge, , atthisveryinn, withapartyeighteenyearsago;and, thelandlord, whoisstillthesame, -houndstakenoutintothefieldononeofthedays, andeverybracehadonecurse, ;fromtwotothreemilesfortheharetoruntocover, , thatthehareis, byfar, theswiftestofallEnglishanimals;forIsawthreehares, , , ifthatdoggotsocloseastocompeltheharetoturn, , ordogs, nevergetnearenoughtotheharetoinducehertoturn, sheissaid, andveryjustly, to“runaway”fromthem;and, asIsawthreeharesdothisinoneday, Iconclude, thatthehareistheswiftestanimalofthetwo.
Thisinnisoneofthenicest, and, insummer, oneofthepleasantest, inEngland;for, Ithink, , theyardandthestablesgood, thelandlordafarmeralso, and, therefore, , whichadjoinsthesouthsideofthehouse, islarge, ofgoodshape, hasaterraceononesideliesontheslope, consistsofwell-disposedclumpsofshrubsandflowers, , and, amongstthese, , and, intheseamostpopulousrookery, inwhich, ofallthingsintheworld, , whichcontains301souls, liestothenorthoftheinn, , ineverydirection, , -setting;therooksareskimmingandcurvingoverthetopsofthetrees;while, underthebranches, Iseeaflockofseveralhundredsheep, comingnibblingtheirwayinfromtheDown, andgoingtotheirfold.
