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corded of the battle. The plunges of Sam are terrific; he also hits strait from the shoulder; and his cutting-up lunges are of the most finishing quality.

To sum up our remarks upon the merits of the combatants, it will be only necessary to relate the following anecdote, which occurred between Jem Burn and Phil. Sampson, on their meeting together at an inn upon the road, on their return from the fight, between Bumpstead and Newmarket. Jem Burn observed, in a room full of company, that Young Sam must be a PHENOMENON indeed, who had defeated Neal without a mark upon his nob; but it should also be recollected that the latter boxer had twice wopped himself (Jem Burn); he had also "polished off" Phil. Sampson; that Neal had thumped Tom Cannon; he had likewise licked Tom Gaynor, and beaten White-headed Bob; and lots of other pugilists. Sampson, in reply, said Sam was the best fighter in the world at the present moment and that he could beat every one on the milling list. "Who was to fight Young Sam, he would ask; he had already won more battles than his father, so renowned in the pages of Boxiana." "He can beat them all but one," replied uncle Ben. "But one!" Name him! name him! was the cry. The champion, laughing," why Peter Crawley!" "A pretty thing, indeed!" said Jack Clark, "Peter is only seven stone heavier than Sam!" This conversation had scarcely concluded when Young Sam's vehicle drove up to the door, and he alighted to receive the congratulations of his friends. Except his face being rather flushed, no person could have entertained for a single moment, from his general appearance, that he had been engaged in a prize battle, on which many thousands of pounds were depending, and the interest of the Sporting world had been so much excited': previous to which he had been amusing his pals in the barouche along the road with his imitations of the skylark, and other birds, for which Sam is distinguished in his convivial hours. The only inconvenience he felt from the battle, Sam said, was the soreness of his hands.

Of course this second defeat to Neal, must have been to his feelings mortifying in the extreme; and, to a brave man, almost worse than death; but he has the consolation to reflect that his friends are perfectly satisfied that he had done all that a boxer could do to obtain victory; and even his decided opponents, the backers of Sam, do him the justice to state that he never fought so well, or displayed so much game in any of his former battles; and that he surrendered to a superior fighter; and like many other heroes he might exclaim

Who can rule the uncertain chance of war? In sustaining defeat he has not disgraced his character as a pugilist; and when it is taken into consideration that he has proved the

conqueror in ELEVEN battles straight forward; in the twelfth, with White-headed Bob, he made a draw of it; in the thirteenth he lost the fight with Bob; and out of SEVENTEEN battles in the Prize Ring, Neal has only been defeated three times.

CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE BATTLE.

Sam walked out of the ring to his carriage with as much gaiety as he entered it; but on his arrival at Haverhill, it was thought prudent by his friends that he should be bled; but, on the contrary, Neal required the assistance of his seconds to carry him to his vehicle; and at a few miles distance from the scene of action he was also bled and put to bed, and every humane attention paid to him that his situation required. He received but one body-blow during the fight, which caught him in the wind; the punishment he received being principally directed towards the head.

Upon the arrival of Sam at the White Hart a crowd of persons had assembled round the door, and welcomed him back to Newmarket with three loud cheers. A splendid dinner was also prepared for his reception, when he dressed himself for the occasion, and afterwards sent two or three letters to his patrons in London, and also to his "Mama," informing her of his success for the ninth time in the Prize Ring. Early the next morning (Wednesday), in a a post-chaise and four, he took leave of his friends at Newmarket and Cambridge, in his way to London. On that classic ground he was hailed as a man of science by several of the cantabs; and although he could not obtain any degree from the "Learned Pundits," yet none of the "wranglers" felt pluck enough to dispute his right to it. However, Sam, Curtis, and the eloquent Holt, expressed their gratitude for the degree of respect which had been paid to them as P. P.'s, and, in bumpers of Champagne and claret, drank success to the above seat of learning, coupled with the hope that its professors might, to the end of time, be always able to produce good nobb-ed ones! arrived in London on Wednesday evening, and was highly received by his backers.

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SAM'S BENEFIT AT THE TENNIS COURT.-On Thursday, after the fight, soon after the doors were opened the Court was crowded to excess, from the Corinthian to the commoner; evincing a strong proof that milling is not on the decline, but on the contrary, all the patrons are eager to give their three bob when the Ring is conducted on fair principles, and the combatants exert themselves to behave "sound and true." The setts-to, generally, were capital between Phil. Sampson and Jem Burn; Barney Aaron and Curtis; Oliver and Uncle Ben; Carter and Adams; and Tom Cannon and Harry Holt. The bout between the two little ones (boxers in minature), Noon and Hinton, produced bursts of applause; a more manly or scientific set-to could not have been wit

nessed. Hinton floored Noon, to the great surprise of the spectators. Rickens, the Bath champion, who once fought with Jem Ward, put on the gloves with deaf Burke; but the latter treated the exertions of Rickens with the utmost contempt-instead of looking in his opponent's face, he cast his eyes towards his toes, but Burke never missed the head of the Bath champion, convulsing the court with roars of laughter. The wind-up of the sports of the day were between Spring and Tom Gaynor. This set-to was much admired; and, in the general opinion of the amateurs, Tom Gaynor exhibited great signs of improvement. Spring came forward and apologised for the absence of Neal; he stated that, owing to some mistake with the post-boy, Neal had not arrived in London until that morning, and his eyes were so bad that he could not quit his bed; otherwise, he would most certainly have appeared at the court.

Sam returned thanks for the patronage he had received from the amateurs, and trusted that his future conduct would always merit their support. On his quitting the stage, he was loudly cheered by the spectators.

THE TROTTING-HORSE.

A CRACK CHANT IN THE SPORTING WORLD.

Come, I ride as good a trotting-horse as any one in

town,

He'll trot yon sixteen miles an hour, I'll bet a hundred pound;

He's such a one to bend his knees, and tuck his haunches in,

That to heave the dirt in people's eyes he thinks it not a sin.

CHORUS-So he rides away, and trots away, fal de la.

He's an eye like a hawk, and a neck like a swan ; He's a foot like a cat, and his back's a longish span; Kind Nature formed him so that he's as honest as he's good;

He's every thing a horse should be--he's bottom, bone, and blood.

When I drop my hand, I see him nod, and safely walk away;

What others brag and bounce about, to him is only play;

No safer horse, or honester, e'er trod on English ground;

He's rising six-can catch a bird-all over right and sound.

There's your starched and stiffened towel-blades, what trausports they produce!

They cock their toes, and square their arms, and come the loving noose,

Then I let go my rattling prad, and pass them like the wind,

I drop a nod and tips a smile, and leaves the flats behind.

If twenty miles and I am from home, in the dark, I not mind,

If my friends are all brushed, and I with pipe and bottle left behind;

If a scampsman bold should come, or a kiddy on the hop,

"Pull sharp your trigger, my boys," says I, or I'll outride the shot."

If Fortune, fickle jade, should e'er wish to scourge my

name,

And what she generously gave would wish to have again,

O that I'll freely grant, and without the least remorse,
Only give me what God can grant-my health, my
wife, and horse.
So he rides away, &c.

HUNTING FROLIC OF HENRY IV.

"It must be either you or I."

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The education which this great man ceived was calculated to make him fond of woodland scenery, and the sports of the field. Sent to a remote castle, amid the dreary rocks in the vicinity of the Pyrenean mountains, delicacy had no part in the education of the youthful Henry. His ordinary food was brown bread, cheese, and beef. He was clothed like other children of the country, in the coarsest stuff, and was inured to climb and rove over the rocks, often barefooted and bareheaded. Thus, moreover, by habituating his body early to exercise and labour, he prepared his mind to support with fortitude all the vicissitudes of his future life.

Hunting was ever the favorite diversion of this monarch. He often strayed from his attendants, and met with some adventures which proved pleasant to himself, and evinced the native goodness of his heart, and an affability of disposition which charmed all who had an opportunity of observing lt.

Being on a hunting-party one day, in the Vendomois, he strayed from his attendants, and some time after observed a peasant sitting at the foot of a tree :- "What are you about there?" said Henry.-"I am sitting here, Sir, to see the king go by."-"If you have a mind," answered the monarch "to get up behind me, I will carry you to a place where you can have a good sight of him." The peasant immediately mounts behind, and on the road asks the gentleman how he should know the king. "You need only look at him who keeps his hat on while all the rest remain uncovered." The king joins his company, and all the lords salute him :-" Well," said he to the peasant, "which is the king?"-" Fakes," answered the clown," it must be either you or I, for we both keep our hats on!"

EXTINCT ANIMALS.

The most extraordinary family of extinct animals whose bones have been discovered, is that of the Megatherium. It consists of two species-the Megatherium, properly so called, and the Megalonyx. They appear to have had something of the formation cf the sloth, with the size of the ox. Their stout limbs were terminated by five thick toes; some of which were provided with an enormous claw. Their thick and ossified skin was divided into scales, closely fitted into each other. The form of the teeth shows that these animals

fed on vegetables and roots. Cuvier thinks that they were furnished with a short trunk. The remains of these two quadrupeds have only been found in America; but it is considered that an animal of the same order, and of equal size and power, existed in Europe. The proof rests upon a single claw dug up near the Rhine.

THE LAWS OF THE ROAD.

The laws of the Road, are a paradox quite,
For when you are travelling along,

If you keep to the LEFT you'll sure to be RIGHT,
If you keep to the RIGHT you'll be WRONG!

THE ELEPHANT.

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In the early periods of the Mogul empire elephants were armed for battle with preparations somewhat similar to the defences of warriors in the ages of chivalry. Dow, describing the elephants of Akbar, says, they wear plates of iron upon their foreheads." Vincent le Blanc mentions the elephants of the king of Ternassery as " of the largest size of the east, covered to the ground with beeves' hides, and, over them, with divers trappings. Those hides are fastened underneath the belly with iron chains, and are difficult to be got off." The Ayeen Akbery is more minute. "Five plates of iron, each one cubit long and four fingers broad, are joined together by rings, and fastened round the ears of the elephant by four chains, each an ell in length; and betwixt these another chain passes over the head, and is fastened in the kellaweh; and across it are four iron spikes with katasses and iron knobs. There are other chains with iron spikes and knobs hung under the throat and over the breast, and others fastened to the trunk; these are for ornament, and to frighten horses. Pakher is a kind of steel armour that covers the body of the elephant: there are other pieces of it for the head and proboscis. Gejjhemp is a covering made of three folds, and is laid over the pakher." Dow adds that a sword is bound to their trunk, and daggers are fastened to their tusks." But the mighty power of the animal in crushing the ranks of an enemy, was principally relied upon. The armour and the swords were to add to the dismay which an immense troop of elephants were of themselves calculated to produce. The emperor Akbar well knew their power in scattering masses of terrified men. On one occasion, when he stormed the fort of Chitar, the garrison retired to the temples. Akbar, perceiving he must lose a great number of his troops in case of a close attack, ordered a distant fire to be kept up upon the desperate Rajaputs, till he had introduced three hundred elephants of war, which he immediately ordered to advance to tread them to death. The scene became now too shocking to be described. Brave men, rendered more valiant by despair, crowded around

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the elephants, seized them even by the tusks, and inflicted upon them unavailing wounds. The terrible animals trode the Indians like grasshoppers under their feet, or winding them in their powerful trunks, tossed them aloft into the air, or dashed them against the walls and pavements. Of the garrison, which consisted of eight thousand soldiers, and of forty thousand inhabitants, thirty thousand were slain, and most of the rest taken prisoners."-In the rapid marches of this victorious prince, the elephants suffered greatly. Purchas, speaking of his progress from Kashire, in 1597, says, "This country he left when summer was past, and returned to Lahore, losing many elephants and horses in the way, both by famine, then oppressing the country, and the difficulty of the passages; the elephants sometimes, in the ascent of hills, helping themselves with their trunks, leaning and staying themselves, being burthened, thereon, as on a staff."-The power of the elephant in battle has fallen before the greater power of artillery and of scientific tactics. But it is little more than three centuries ago that the chief in India who possessed the greatest force of elephants was almost sure of victory. The Emperor Baber, in his Memoirs, gives a remarkable illustratation of the terror which the animal produced. "The troops who accompanied Alim Khan were dispersed, being busy plundering and pillaging. Sultan Ibrahim's troops perceived that the enemy were not in great force, and immediately moved forward from the station which they had kept, though very few in number, and having only a single elephant; but no sooner had the elephant come up, than Alim Khan's men took to flight, without attempting to keep their ground." Baber himself scarcely employed elephants in war, although descended from Timour, to whom their use was familiar; but he appears to have met their terror with a bold front. His expressions remind us of the quaint language of Bunyan: "I placed my foot in the stirrup of resolution, and my hand on the reins of confidence in God, and marched against Sultan Ibrahim, the son of Sultan Iskander, the son of Sultan Behlul Lodi Afghan, in whose possession the throne of Delhi and the dominions of Hindustan at that time were; whose army in the field were said to amount to a hundred thousand men, and who, including those of his Emirs, had nearly a thousand elephants."

Although from the earliest times ivory was an article of commerce in demand amongst all the people who traded with India, the elephant does not appear to have been employed as an animal of burthen even by the Persians and Assyrians, until a comparatively recent period. The camel was the principal medium of intercourse amongst those nations. Neither is the name of the elephant (a circumstance which shows that he was unknown to the early Jews) to be found in the Hebrew language.

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FALCONRY, at the present high-bred time of day, is a species of sporting more talked about by the members of the turf and chase-or, that books are perused by them upon the subject, than brought into actual display before the public, and followed as a diversion; however much it might have been admired in the olden times. HAWKING, at the period alluded to, was in high repute, nay, it was almost viewed as a patent of nobility; indeed, it was

such a mark of distinction, that persons of quality seldom undertook a journey without their hawks and attendants.

It was no uncommon thing in those days to witness the falconer, with his dogs and hawks, following his master to battle; but it has almost ceased, by comparison, to be followed as a sport, except in a few instances, something after the change of circumstances in life, described by Pope :

Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes; Tenets with books; and principles with times!

It is true, that the present Duke of St. Albans has made several attempts to revive the ancient sport of HAWKING, in his character of the Grand Hereditary Falconer of England,

on his own estates, and he has also, during the time he took up his residence at Brighton, given the inhabitants of that fashionable watering-place some splendid displays of the above sport upon the neighbouring downs, attended by the Duchess of St. Albans, the Ladies Beauclerc, and also accompanied by several persons of quality, within the last three years.

The appearance of the Duke in the splendid dress of his office, and the rest of his attendants all apparelled in the costume attached to falconry, proved highly attractive to the spectators; indeed, it was quite a studied sort of affair, in order not only to render the pageant accurate as to taste, but complete as to the effect of the thing: in truth, there was a theatrical nicety about it altogether. But, nevertheless, HAWKING is not in fashion at the present day; or, perhaps to speak more correctly on the subject, it is not followed as a sport by the gentlemen composing the Sporting World. The race course; the chase; a coursing match; shooting, sailing, or cricket matches, appear to have far greater claims of attraction in their eyes, than the ANCIENT, and once much followed sport of HAWKING.

A very interesting exhibition of the above species of amusement took place on Thursday, October 7, 1824, in the neighbourhood of Amesbury, and was witnessed by a numerous field of sporting gentlemen and others attracted by curiosity. The hawks, six in number, were remarkably large and fine young birds; and their proprietor, Colonel Thornhill, directed the sport of the day, in the presence of Sir Hussey Vivyan, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Mills, and numerous other gentlemen, who were invited on the occasion. The scene of action was an extensive field of turnips, in which it was known that there were partridges in sufficient number for the purpose, and the ground was graced by several carriages containing ladies. The hawks were brought to the field by the Colonel's falconer and assistant, perching, hooded, upon a frame; the sportsmen and spectators were ranged on the ontside of the field; a fine bird was then taken from the perch by the falconer, unhooded, and permitted to fly. The hawk immediately towered, and lowered over the field, with his eyes intently bent towards the turnip plants in search of prey: he beat over the ground with evolutions similar to those of a pointer upon the ground. After a few minutes had elapsed, Colonel Thornhill ordered some boys to enter the field for the purpose of disturbing the birds; and a partridge at length arose, which was instantaneously seen by the hawk, though at a great distance. The hawk darted after it and struck it to the earth; but the partridge recovering, flew, as it were for protection, amongst the spectators; here it was pursued by the relentless hawk and killed. The other hawks were afterwards severally let loose, and all but one of them killed a par

tridge each; some of the latter were pursued and killed out of sight of the spectators; and it is highly worthy of remark, that the hawks had been so well trained that they invariably returned to the falconer at his call; and when out of sight and hearing, he attracted them by throwing into the air a lure, something resembling a stuffed partridge. The above exhibition afforded a most gratifying specimen of this ancient and very curious sport.

HAWKING, it appears, has occupied the attention of several of our first literary characters, as the following quotations most clearly point out :

Ride unto St. Alban's, Whereas the king and queen do mean to hawk. Shakspeare. Do'st thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.

A faulcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

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A long-winged hawk, when he is first whisteled off the fist, mounts aloft, and for his pleasure fetcheth many a circuit in the ayr, still soaring higher and higher, till he become to his full pitch, and in the end, when the game is sprang, comes down amain, and stoops upon the sudden.

Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.

Hawking comes near to hunting, the one in the ayre as the other on the earth, a sport as much affected as the other, by some preferred.

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It can be no more disgrace to a great lord to draw a fair picture, than to cut his hawk's meat. Peacham.

It will also be found in "The Guardian” of Massinger that he had not overlooked the Sports of the Field, from a delightful conversation which occurs respecting the ancient sports of HAWKING and hunting. Shakspeare, also, introduced a variety of sporting scenes in his plays; and in almost all the novels of Sir Walter Scott, he describes hunting, hawking, or shooting events. The Ettrick Shepherd has a tale denominated "The Eildon Hunt." In Malpas, vol. i., several descriptions will be found both of hawking and hunting; and one of the most important events in the "King of the Peak" takes place in a hunt. The sports of ancient Rome occupy half the first volume of Howison's Valerius.

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