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securing the brush of a large old grey, after a circuitous 

 and uncommonly hard run for one of his affinity, in the 

 neighbourhood of Blackwood town, about twelve miles 

 south east of Philadelphia. He ran for three good hours, 

 before he struck his brush. On the same day, Mr. J. S. 



L s was luckily first in at the death of a fine red, with 



the same pack, and bore aloft his bushy honor, much 

 more to his gratification, than to many of his rival com- 

 rades. He was caught in less time than the grey, attribu- 

 ted to the dogs being in better condition for running with 

 empty stomachs, than when first uncoupled, having been 

 freely fed, the evening before the hunt. 



Foreign gentlemen, accustomed to European fox and 

 hare hunting, were occasionally guests at Gloucester. 

 They became early apprised of the difference between a 

 dense American wood or thicket, and the ancient forests 

 at home, destitute of underwood and brambles, into which 

 the eye may deeply penetrate, and the hunter ride in safe- 

 ty and with speed. 



We well remember an Englishman who attended one 

 of our hunts. He was elegantly equipped for a home 

 chase, with the exception of a new blue coat and beaver, 

 instead of a roundabout and cap. He wore white topped 

 boots and spurs, buckskin breeches, and the above de- 

 scribed unsuitable hunting habiliments. 



A red fox was unkennelled at a place called the horse 

 heads, four miles from Gloucester; in less than half an 

 hour after uncoupling the dogs. It was remarked he was 



