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the wild districts of Broadbury for him ; while 

 he himself, although hunting three days a week 

 with his own hounds, rarely failed to join 

 Russell's little pack, whenever they met within 

 reach of Ashbury. Many others, too, supported 

 him in like manner, promising to preserve 

 foxes, and inviting him with much heartiness 

 to draw their covers whenever it suited his 

 purpose to do so. 



But, as a general rule, the support they 

 gave him was limited chiefly to such conces- 

 sions ; material aid, in the form of a subscrip- 

 tion, was neither asked for nor given ; and, 

 although large fields attended his meets, the 

 sinews of war for hounds, horses, and keepers 

 were at first, with one exception, provided by 

 himself alone. That exception was Mr. C. 

 Arthur Harris, of Hayne, a young enthusiastic 

 squire, devoted to hunting, and himself a Master 

 of Hounds. He had made Russell's acquaint- 

 ance in 1826, at the Chulmleigh Club, which 

 flourished for so many years under the able 

 auspices of Mr. Newton Fellowes, Mr. J. M. 

 Woolcombe, "the Lord of Ashbury," Mr. L. 

 Buck, Mr. J. Dicker Fortescue, and other 

 Devonshire Worthies, both of the Northern 

 and Southern divisions of the county ; but of 

 that club more anon. 



One day's hunting together was alone suffi- 

 cent to convince Harris that Russell's knowledge 



