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out well-mounted, as also young Raven, on one of 

 Lord Sefton's spare horses, both ready to act when 

 wanting. The command which these hounds were 

 in could only be compared to that of a regiment on 

 parade. A whip was scarcely ever used ; and as 

 far as a "yo-go-it" could be heard, nothing more 

 was wanting to bring them back. A horn also 

 was scarcely ever heard to sound. I was particularly 

 struck with the latter circumstance, having never 

 heard it for six days in succession ; and it was only 

 had recourse to on the seventh, in consequence of 

 Stephen Goodall, whose voice was never strong, 

 giving a blow for a hound, called " Cruiser," who 

 was missing in a fog. This, in some degree, is 

 connected with the nature of the country, for we 

 all know that in woodlands a horn is as necessary 

 as a hound. 



N'lmrod [C. J. Apperley). 



The Redoubtable Jack Musters ^> ^o 



HUNTING was his study and delight, and no 

 man knew more about it. He was as much 

 alive to the wiles of a fox as he was quick in dis- 

 covering the sagacity of a hound. When his fox 

 was beat, and began to play tricks, no man was so 

 patient, so quiet, or ever killed more often after a 

 run. He had the knack of keeping their heads 

 down ; as he well knew that if they once got them 

 up, by hallooing and lifting, he never could get 

 them down again, which is the cause of being so 

 often beat after a fine run. He was a capital horse- 

 man, though rather too heavy for the first flight, but 

 he was always there when wanted, and never upset 

 his horse. 



The best evidence of his knowledge and judge- 



