▁least ▁violence ▁done ▁to ▁Nature ; ▁and ▁while ▁he ▁ob vi ates ▁the ▁present ▁incon ven ience , ▁endeav ours , ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁lies ▁in ▁his ▁power , ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁vital ▁powers ▁un weak ened , ▁and ▁und imin ished ▁by ▁the ▁rem ed ies ▁he ▁applies . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁mem oir ▁on ▁Thomas ▁As sh eton ▁Smith , ▁a ▁famous ▁fo x ▁h unter ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁the ▁year ▁after ▁Sir ▁John ▁E . ▁E ard ley - Wil mot ▁died , ▁his ▁son , ▁William ▁As sh eton ▁E ard ley - Wil mot , ▁who ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁mem oir , ▁published ▁a ▁fifth ▁edition ▁of ▁it . ▁In ▁the ▁pre face ▁to ▁the ▁fifth ▁edition , ▁W . A . ▁E ard ley - Wil mot ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁first ▁edition ▁appeared ▁when ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁school ▁boy ▁at ▁Old ▁Char ter house ▁in ▁the ▁City , ▁and ▁I ▁remember ▁being ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁Sport ing ▁Magazine ▁to ▁copy ▁out ▁the ▁vers es ▁on ▁the ▁celebrated ▁Bill es don ▁Cop low ▁Run ". ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁and ▁issue ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁April ▁ 1 8 3 9 ▁he ▁married ▁El iza ▁Mar tha ▁Williams ▁( 1 8 1 3 – 1 8 8 7 ) ▁at ▁Le am ington ▁Pri ors ▁in ▁War wick shire .