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then an Emu would escape from the paddock and only 

 be captured after an exciting chase of many miles. In 

 his natural history pursuits Lord Hill was aided by his 

 eldest son, Rowland (afterwards third Viscount), who 

 personally not only collected and obtained Birds for the 

 museum, both in England and abroad, but stuffed many 

 of them under the supervision of Henry Shaw. In con- 

 junction with Sir Thomas Boughey, the 3rd Viscount 

 started the celebrated pack of Otter Hounds, but as he 

 was also Master of the Fox Hounds, and could not hunt 

 both, he handed over the former to his brother Geoffrey, 

 who thenceforward became known far and near for the 

 enthusiasm and skill he displayed in otter-hunting. The 

 portrait of Lord Hill in this volume is an excellent 

 likeness taken when he was about sixty-five. He died 

 January 2, 1875, full of years and honours, and beloved 

 by tenants and friends, who erected in Hawkstone Park 

 a beautiful marble statue to his memory. 

 Rev. William Houghton was born in 1828, and was for 

 many years Rector oi Preston-on-the- Weald-Moors, 

 near Wellington, Salop. His taste for natural history 

 was very comprehensive, ranging from the higher ver- 

 tebrates to microscopic organisms, and he wrote several 

 works on the natural history of the ancients. He was 

 elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in January, 1859, 

 and was an active member of the Severn Valley Field Club, 

 to whom he read a most interesting paper on " The natural 

 history of the Weald-Moors." Amongst the books which 

 he wrote upon popular natural history were " Country 

 Walks of a Naturalist" (no date); "Seaside Walks of 

 a Naturalist," 1880; " Sketches of British Insects," 

 1877; and a large folio in two volumes on " British 



