The Sttrrey Staghounds. ij() 



It appears to occur at all times and seasons, and 

 under various conditions, and so important is the 

 subject to masters of hounds, that I think it would 

 be well worth while to institute an inquiry, with the 

 view of ascertaining the origin of hydrophobia. With 

 its disastrous effects we are well acquainted, not so 

 with the initial of the disease or the mode of treat- 

 ment that should be adopted. The importance of 

 the question must be my apology for reiterating my 

 views ; but, moving about as I do, I hear so many 

 and such varied opinions expressed, I think it highly 

 advisable that a searching investigation should be 

 made. 



Returning to the subject of the Surrey Staghounds, 

 I have no hesitation in saying that a visit to them 

 will repay the trouble to any real sportsman who 

 wishes to go the pace over a stiff country at the tail 

 of a flying pack, and in the society of a pleasant and 

 hard-riding lot of gentlemanly men ; and if he is a 

 man of mettle, not afraid of a tall fence, a steep hill, 

 a big brook, an occasional piece of stiff timber, and 

 now and then a flight of park palings, I know of no 

 place where he will be so accommodated as in this 

 metropolitan county. 



