On the host leaving the room, where he had come to take orders for supper, Lord Dunmore turned to his valet and said, "Johnstone, do I look as like a fool in my pigtail as Billy Cream does ?"--"Much about it, my lord," was the valet's imperturbable answer.

"Then," said his lordship, "cut off mine to-morrow morning when I dress." Lord Gardenstone seemed to have had two favourite tastes: he indulged in the love of pigs and the love of snuff.

He took a young pig as a pet, and it became quite tame, and followed him about like a dog.

At first the animal shared his bed, but when, growing up to advanced swinehood, it became unfit for such companionship, he had it to sleep in his room, in which he made a comfortable couch for it of his own clothes.

His snuff he kept not in a box, but in a leathern waist-pocket made for the purpose.