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which was talked about at everv farmer's 

 ordinary, far and near, and estabhshed my 

 Httle pack on a firm footing from that day 

 forth." 



But to return to his coadjutor, Mr. Harris, 

 of Hayne. Owing to the hitherto malpractice 

 of the natives for so long a time, and the con- 

 sequent scarcity of foxes throughout the land, 

 he quickly saw that unless some plan were 

 adopted by which he could at once protect the 

 stock and secure a find, even two days a week 

 would be too much for the country ; especially 

 as Russell, unlike the man whom one jack-snipe 

 supplied with sport for a whole season, almost 

 invariably killed his fox whenever he found him. 

 In the year 1828, for instance, Russell found 

 thirty-two foxes, — killed twenty-eight, and 

 earthed a brace ; besides killing seventy-three 

 brace of hares with the same scratch pack, of 

 which hares the hounds certainly ate their 

 share, namely, thirty-six brace. 



Foxes, however, and foxes only, were the 

 sole object of the new alliance ; and with a 

 view to cultivate and increase their number, 

 besides feeing keepers and propitiating the 

 farmers' wives with attractive and useful 

 presents — a handsome red shawl to one and a 

 family Bible to another — Mr. Harris set to 

 work to construct artificial earths in three of 

 the chief covers on the Hayne Estate ; the plan 



