CHAPTER X. 



His Power in Distinguishing Hounds after once Hearing 

 THEIR Names — Parts with his Pack — Starts Again — 

 Kennel Management — Firing, etc. — Four Days' 

 Work — Mr. Houlditch as Whip — Kindness to a 

 Curate — A Scene between them at Lanacre Bridge 

 on the Moor. 



Here's a health to all hunters of every degree. 

 Whether clippers, or craners, or hill-top abiders ; 



The man that hates hunting, he won't do for me, 

 And ought to be pumped on by gentlemen riders. 



Old Song. 



The old saying that the " dog will have his 

 day," is a proverb by no means inapplicable to 

 the Chulmleigh Club ; for, after flourishing with 

 much vigour and success for more than twenty 

 years, symptoms of decay set in, and at length 

 became too apparent, when Mr. Templer, Sir 

 John Rogers, Mr. Bulteel, and other prominent 

 members ceased, one by one, to attend its 

 meetings. 



The dog had had his day ; but still, fox- 

 hunting in the North of Devon not only suffered 

 no check on the ultimate dissolution of that 

 club, but, on the contrary, exhibited year after 

 year a strong and increasing vitality, striking 

 deep roots into the genial soil, and thriving 



