90 FOX HUNTING. 



Another hunt breakfast was given stih later on 

 at the house of Mr. H. E. Saulnier, Hurricane Hill, 

 in Aston, and this was attended largely by the 

 jnembers of the club, as well as by other fox 

 hunters ; a fox was dropped after the breakfast and 

 'a good hunt had, and the whole affair was a great 

 success. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



HUNTS WITH THE ROSE TREE HOUNDS. 



The following is a description of a hunt, 

 written by J. Howard Lewis Sr. and published 

 in the Delazvarc County Ainericou, on March 24th, 

 1880: 



"Editors American : — Thinking that some of 

 your readers might like to hear an account of one 

 of the many runs of the Rose Tree pack of fox 

 hounds, I will try what I can do in the writing 

 line. This particular meet was on Monday, the 

 1 6th of February, 1880. The day was all that the 

 most exacting could wish — bright sun, with the 

 wind northeast and not too fresh. The night be- 

 fore had been cold, and had formed a crust on top 

 of the ground, but the morning was balmy, and, in 

 fact, everything that an ardent fox hunter could 

 desire. At nine a. m., when the doors of the 

 kennel were thrown open, out burst thirteen 



