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thev, on their part, always evinced the strongest 

 attachment towards him. 



" I recollect," relates one of his friends, " his 

 once having out live couples of drafts, whom 

 he had never seen before. Sharp, his kennel- 

 huntsman at that time, gave him the names 

 written down ; he then called each hound 

 separatelv, and gave him a piece of bread, and 

 then returned the list to the huntsman, saying, 

 ' I know them now ; ' and so they did him. On 

 other occasions, when the fixture was ' Oare 

 Hill,' and the hounds were awaiting his arrival, 

 Dick Burton used to say, ' Master is coming, I 

 perceive by the hounds ; ' and this long before 

 he made his appearance. When he came within 

 three hundred yards, no huntsman or whip in 

 the world could have stopped the pack from 

 bounding to meet him. In the morning, when 

 let loose from the kennel, they would rush to 

 his study window, or to the hall door, and 

 stand there till he came out." 



Mr, Musters, too, that paragon of gentlemen 

 huntsmen, although he seldom visited his kennel, 

 and saw little of his pack except in the hunting 

 field, was the very idol of his hounds ; nor, 

 associated as he was with the sport they enjoyed, 

 was such an attachment to be wondered at, 

 for he led them in the chase, and where their 

 nistinct failed, his judgment stepped in and 

 cheered them to victory. 



