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the excessively dry nature of the country and climate. 

 When the rains fell — from November to March — 

 and scent became improved, they hunted three 

 times a week, vanning the hounds to and from 

 the veldt. 



Some remarkable sport was shown during the best 

 days of the Bechuanaland Hounds. Jackal, steinbok, 

 and duyker were all plentiful, and each afforded 

 excellent sport. A duyker was killed after a magnifi- 

 cent run of one hour and thirty minutes. Once 

 hounds were pressing a steinbok very hard, when a 

 jackal was viewed in front of the buck, running the 

 same line. Steinbok and jackal were finally both 

 run to earth in the same big ant-bear hole — a 

 remarkable yet perfectly true incident. Both were 

 dusf out ; the buck was found to be dead, while the 

 jackal was uninjured. As far as I know, this is quite 

 an unparalleled feat in the annals of foxhounds. 



The jackals seldom went to ground, and would 

 often run clean over open earths, and die gallantly 

 in the open. 



Sir Frederick Carrington hunted these hounds for 

 six or seven years. Captain Lucy whipped to him 

 so long as he remained in the country, and Primmer 

 officiated as second whip and kennel huntsman. 

 Later on, Kyan, who had been with the V.W.H. and 

 Lord Shannon, also assisted. 



For some seasons the hounds, by dint of much care 



