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Usually an abundance of hares are to be found in 

 Romney Marsh, but on this occasion we did not have 

 as much sport as usual ; in fact, it is rather late in 

 the season ; and much of the fallow-land where puss 

 elects to make her form, her instinct telling her that 

 the similarity of her colour and that of the soil 

 renders her a less conspicuous mark for the courser, 

 has been re-ploughed or harrowed preparatory to the 

 sowing of the seed. Taking leave of Mr. Jones and 

 numerous fellow-sportsmen, we retraced our steps to 

 the South-East ern Railway, and were soon en route 

 for Tunbridge Station, where our party separated, and 

 I quite concurred with the Marquess of Abergavenny 

 when taking leave of him, who said if it had not been 

 a very good day's sport, yet it had been a pleasant 

 gathering of genial and merry sportsmen. Those who 

 take an interest in the sports of West Kent will hear 

 with satisfaction that since the fusion of the fox- 

 hounds with the Bridge pack, hunted by Lord George 

 Nevill, those hunting with the united pack have had 

 excellent sport and more opportunities of enjoying it, 

 as may be seen by the announcement, five fixtures 

 being advertised for this week ; an inducement, con- 

 sequently, for those who indulge in the pleasures of 

 the chase to make Tunbridge Wells their headquarters. 

 Those who do so cannot fail to be pleased with it 

 as a place of residence, and those who hunt with the 

 West Kent will find a crack pack of hounds, plenty 

 of foxes, and in Lord George Nevill a true sportsman, 

 a bold rider, worthy to be associated in the manage- 

 ment of a pack of hounds with his uncle, the Hon. 

 Ralph Pelham Nevill, who for many years has been 

 the Master of the West Kent Foxhounds. 



