And eke my shooting jacket.

'"I mean to pass a month or so,

'Midst rural scenes so pleasant;

In waging war with buck and doe,

With partridge, hare and pheasant.

'"The pockets of the coach well cram

With brandy, gin and carraway

That we may take a social dram,

When snugly riding far away."

'Thus spake the Prince, a demi-god,