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aad trouble, were got into excellent form, and, for a 

 scratch pack, could scarcely be excelled for hunting 

 in a wild, rough country, and for keenness, pace, and 

 general handiness. Many and many a good run 

 have the inhabitants of Mafeking and Vryburg 

 enjoyed with the Bechuanaland Hounds. 



Then came a time when, in view of impending 

 Matabele troubles, and the settlement of Mashona- 

 land. Sir Frederick Carrington became permanently 

 stationed at Macloutsi, on the Matabeleland border. 

 It was impossible to continue his Mastership further, 

 so, to the general regret, the hounds were sold and 

 the pack dispersed. Lieut. Gosling, of the B.B.P., 

 carried on hunting for another season at Vryburg, 

 but the Bechuanaland Foxhounds have, within this 

 last year or two, quite disappeared. Englishmen, 

 however, are thronging year by year in greater 

 numbers into the interior of South Africa. A pack 

 has been started in Rhodesia ; another at Johannes- 

 burg. The love of sport is as deeply implanted in 

 the breasts of the colonists as in their brethren at 

 home, and it is not too much to hope that once more, 

 at no very remote period, foxhounds and fox-hunting 

 will once again flourish in Bechuanaland, perhaps 

 even in territories yet more remote. The thrilling 

 melody of hounds in full cry, the inspiring twang of 

 the horn, are, as I can testify, every whit as welcome 

 upon the embrowned veldt and beneath the cloud- 



