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A queer " pack " for buffalo-hunting ! Nevertheless, it 

 will be gathered from the following paragraph that this 

 was the purpose for which they were supposed to be 

 intended : 



"THE ENGLISH HUNTER. The people of the Far 

 West are laughing at the idea of the Hon. Grantley 

 Berkeley, the famous British sportsman, of hunting 

 buffalo with hounds. The St. Joseph Daily West 

 says : ' If the hounds can only be persuaded to run the 

 buffalo, the buffalo will certainly run from the hounds, 

 and in a country where the vast herds stretch out as far 

 as the eye can reach, and the game is never out of sight, 

 except at night, there would be no end, it seems, to his 

 sport. But running over the prairies from which the 

 grass has been burned, the feet of his dogs would be 

 worn out in a day, and they would become a burden and 

 a drawback. If they were kept for elk and antelope 

 alone, the chances are that they would be lost in the 

 first chase, or in case they could be called off, they would 

 become victims to Indian arrows. Surely if a dog of 

 any description could conduce to Mr. Berkeley's sport, 

 or aid him in the capture of game, an ordinary cur would 

 be best. Of these we have an abundance, and, asking 

 the gentleman's pardon for the impertinence of making 

 the suggestion, he had better leave his dogs with us, and 

 take ours with him.' [Mr. Berkeley's reply to these 

 critics is ' Wait a bit, and we shall see.' ED.] " 



Those sportsmen who recognised the real object of 

 Berkeley's dogs told him : " It's no use taking English 

 dogs : the places are so thick with thorns and bushes, 

 heavy grass and jungle, that an English dog could 



