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well Kennels, and for the extreme western part of the 

 country the railway at times was made use of. The Hatl- 

 leigh and Hockley Woodlands, near Prittlewell, were 

 regularly hunted every Monday, and capital sport was the 

 result in what the masher of the day calls "jungles." 

 Foxes, from being so frequently hunted, used to leave their 

 strongholds. 



She]:)herd left at the end of the season 1861-62, and 

 migrated to Lord Leconfield's country in Sussex, where he 

 has remained as huntsman ever since, and is doubtless the 

 oldest professional in harness at the present day. We saw 

 him a few years since, his seat as upright and fine as ever, 

 and though he must be over seventy he is, we are told, as 

 good a hand at bringing his fox to book as any huntsman 

 in the country. He was the quickest man in getting his 

 hounds on to their fox's back, when he broke covert, we 

 ever saw, and his fine voice and good manner with hounds 

 made them so handy that his whips had little trouble in 

 turning them to him. Long may he still be in the saddle. 

 Nimrod Long, son of Will Long (so many years huntsman 

 to the Duke of IJeaufort), succeeded -Shepherd, but he 

 only remained two seasons, and went on to the lirocklesby 

 to Lord Yarborough. He had as pretty a seat on a horse 

 as you often see. Harry Rees, a Welshman, succeeded 



