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him as Lord Lonsdale's huntsman ; Ben hunted Lord 

 Middleton's ; Jack carried the horn with the Grove ; 

 while Tom whipped-in to Henry Harris, with the 

 West Norfolk. With every master old Jem had been 

 a favourite, for he thorouo-hly understood his duties, and 

 worked hard in discharging them ; while by his fields 

 he was greatly esteemed, for he was, to the last, as 

 keen on sport as the most youthful and enthusiastic of 

 his followers. 



We give an illustration, taken from an old engraving 

 containing life-like portraits of Mr. Conyers, Jem Morgan, 

 Will Orvis, the first whipper-in and the other servants, with 

 Copt Hall in the distance. The Squire is mounted on 

 his favourite hunter, " Canvass," whom he rode for 

 .seventeen seasons, but the horse is feebly drawn, while 

 the artist has signal!)- fiiled to do justice to Beauty 

 and other favourite hounds. 



Mr. Conyers himself was by no means indifferent 

 to hound-breeding ; but he appears to have built up 

 his pack on the blood of Lord Lonsdale and .Sir Tatton 

 Svkes, taking the drafts from both kennels, and he 

 had a weakness for a tlat-sided hound; "The Druid" 

 represents him as .saying: "We'll have the flat 'uns 

 in Esse.x, Jem, whatever they say." He thought that 



