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7 HE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



quick in turning when pursued by a greyhound ; its 

 African brother, I am inclined to believe, is even more 

 so. I had among my kennel six of the best bred 

 English greyhounds that I could procure for money ; 

 in fact, two of them had been Cup winners, and a 

 third had run second in the Puppy Stakes at an 

 important meeting in the Midland Counties. The last 

 was a lady, rather undersized, but clever to a degree ; 

 in fact, in this respect I have never seen her equal, 

 yet I have witnessed an African hare on open ground 

 give her, single-handed, so much trouble to kill, that I 

 would have despaired of a successful finish had I not 

 well known this lady's gameness and stoutness. 



The sun having now got high, I was about to 

 return to our encampment, when I was joined by my 

 shooting companion, a gentleman who, from long 

 acquaintance with foreign field sports, had ceased to 

 believe in bird guns, and looked with contempt on 

 all sport in which the rifle did not play the principal 

 part ; hence the true sportsman. A more plodding, 

 persevering, and careful sportsman it would be diffi- 

 cult to find, and the result was that he seldom or 

 never failed to bring home quarry worthy of his skill 

 in the art of venery. His trophies were not often 



