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Saying, " Let us liave some foxhounds — 

 That may be which once has been." 



Who so full of zeal as Dufty ? (4) 

 Who so anxious ? who so keen ? 



Still the same as years pass o'er him. 



Clad in sportsmanlike array ; 

 Hunting always j&nds him ready 



With a scent to sail away. 

 Does a flooded brook need fording ? 



Dufty's here and knows the way. 

 Does a straight-necked fox want finding ? 



What has Dufty got to say ? 



So at last we grew to think him 



Filled with wisdom more than man ; 

 Wily in the ways of creatures — 



Fause as any fox that ran. 

 One fine day our master, Eolleston, (5) 



Hunting always all he can, 

 Thinks to please his good friend Dufty, 



And unfolds to him this plan : — 



'' On next Saturday we're going 



To a country rich and rare ; 

 Full of covers, grass, and foxes — 



Oh ! the scents that we have there ! 

 You shall bring your horse to Gedling — 



Place him in the train with care, 

 Then be wafted smooth and swiftly 



To that land beyond compare." 



4. Thomas Dufty, of Epperstone, one of the best of sportsmen, and the 

 hero of this poem. 



5. Lancelot Rolleston, of Watnall. Hunted the South Notts, country 

 from 1876 to 1882. 



