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villa in Berks, the pheasant in Bucks, all the apparatus of 

 population and residential amenity, have changed the face 

 and the habits of the Queen's country,' and that conse- 

 quently the hunting of the carted deer is beset by ever- 

 increasing difficulties. But is it necessary to keep to the 

 old country ? Are there any insuperable objections to 

 carrying out Grantley Berkeley's suggestion, that the 

 kennels of the Queen's hounds should be removed to the 

 New Forest, where they could show the far more ex- 

 hilarating sport of hunting the wild deer? The class 

 of sportsmen who now hunt with the Queen's would 

 not find the expense of a journey to the New Forest, 

 with the railway facilities which would, no doubt, be 

 placed at their disposal by the South-Western Company, 

 beyond their means, the sport would be infinitely better, 

 the country far more delightful. One thing is certain, 

 hunting in the present Queen's country will soon be 

 impossible, and if the venerable institution of the Royal 

 Buckhounds, with the traditions of seven centuries behind 

 it, is to add another century to its record, it will have to 

 ' twitch its mantle' and hie quickly 'to fresh woods and 

 pastures new.' 



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