A EEMARKABLE LITTEE. 



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Sporting Squire of Admington. After a rather wet night 

 at Upton House, when reproved by Lord Willoughby for 

 not holloaing a fox, he said he could not, as he had lost 

 his voice. When still more peremptorily asked why he had 

 lost it, he answered, in the most unabashed and off-hand 

 manner, " Too much beer la.st night, my lord, and a little 

 gin ! "— W. E. V. 



One night an unexpected guest slept at Admington. 

 The next morning he was awakened by a bucket of water 

 being thrown over him by Coffey, who did not know that 

 the guest had been put into a groom's room, — W. R. V. 



FOX CUB.S. 

 Kepi-odxiced, liy permission, from ii Photoy-rapli by Smartt and Son, now of Leamington Spa. 



In April a litter of the extraordinary number of eleven 

 cubs was found on the Alveston Hill estate, the j)roperty 

 of J. Hirom, Esq. Neither the vixen nor the dog fox were 

 ever seen near the earth, and the young foxes were fed by 

 Mr. Hirom's keepers until they were old enough to take 

 care of themselves. It was an extremely pretty sight to 

 see them at play, as represented in our engraving, from -a 

 photograph by Mr. Smartt, of Stratford-on-Avon, and many 

 people came long distances to see a sight which might 

 never again be witnessed. 



