In a letter written to Mr. Adams a week later, Leech recommends a young gentleman to the care of his friend, in the hope that if Mr. Adams has "the opportunity, he will give the applicant something to do in his profession." The letter closes by this announcement: "You will be glad to hear, I am sure, that Mrs. Leech, _and my daughter_! are both 'going on' famously. "Ever, my dear Charley, "Yours faithfully, "JOHN LEECH. "Given up hunting? Not a bit of it." "January --, 1847. "MY DEAR CHARLEY, "Mark (Lemon) and I were talking only the other day about beating up your quarters towards the end of this month; and, with your permission, if the frost goes, we intend to do so. We thought of riding down--I on the old mare; and he on a 'seven-and-sixpenny.'... "Is there anything in the shape of a good cob that could hunt if wanted down in your parts? Possibly I could get rid of the mare in the way of a chop. I have been riding a nearly thoroughbred mare for the last week on trial. A very nice thing, but too much in this way. "I want something more of this kind--a good one to go, and pleasant to ride. "Yours ever faithfully, "J. L." "April 17, 1848. "MY DEAR CHARLEY, ".... Old Mark and I were special constables on Monday last. You would have laughed to see us on duty, trying the area gates, etc., Mark continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of ale or brandy and water. Policeman's duty is no joke. I had to patrol about from ten at night till one in the morning, and heartily sick of it I was. It was only my loyalty and extreme love of peace and order that made me stand it.... "Ever yours faithfully, "JOHN LEECH." My elderly readers will bear in mind April 10, 1848, and the monster petition of the Chartists, which they were not allowed to present to Parliament in the threatening form they had arranged, with other alarming signs of that troubled time--the flight of Louis Philippe, Continental thrones tottering, and the rest of it. In his correspondence with Mr. Adams, Leech constantly reminds his friend of his objection to high-spirited horses. Under date February 18, 1849, he asks Mr. Adams if he can hire "an 'unter from Ware." "I should prefer," he adds, "something like the old brown horse Mark had last year. If he comes, of course he must have the same nag he had when he was at Barkway; _but, mind_, I won't have a beast that pulls, or bolts, or any nonsense of the kind. I come out for pleasure, and not to be worried. Tell Mrs. Adams I shall not be half such an objectionable visitor as I have been heretofore, seeing that I have left off SMOKING!... "My very kind regards to Mrs. Adams, your little ones, and my good friends in your neighbourhood. "Believe me, old fellow, "Yours ever faithfully, "JOHN LEECH." "February 7, 1850. "MY DEAR CHARLEY,