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having yet lost one young hound. They put forward 

 22 couples. 



r. Flint leaves Lord Southampton (first whip), and 

 goes to hunt the Duke of Cleveland's stag hounds. He 

 lived some years with the Duke of Eutland as first whip, 

 and left on Goosey's retirement from ye post of hunts- 

 man, and Goodall's (Wm.) promotion from second 

 whip to Groosey's place, in ye spring, 1842. 



The ]S"orfolk hounds given up this spring through 

 scarcity of foxes and want of support. 



Lord Portman gives up his " wee " pack, which are 

 bought by Earl Shannon to hunt in Ireland, in addition 

 to what he bought of Lord Bruce, and hunted in 

 Ireland with last season. Thos. Bown went to him last 

 season as huntsman, or rather latter end of ye summer. 

 He had lived with Sir Thomas Stanley. 



Mr. Cockburn gives up ye Tiverton country (Devon), 

 and takes ye Kursley country, Hants. 



Charles Bridges goes from Badminton as second whip 

 to the Duke of Eutland. 



The past season, the Heythrop hounds had most 

 excellent sport. Captain Anstey told William Long, 

 in my hearing, that it was worth any two seasons he 

 ever remembered to have seen. 



Earl Eitzhardinge's killed 76| brace of foxes; but 

 Harry Ayris told me they had not a succession of sport; 

 in short, that it was with them a very indifi'erent season. 

 More blood I never heard tell of any one pack getting 

 in one season. 



William Todd, at ye beginning of ye past season, 

 went to Sir Ilichard Sutton as huntsman, on Shirley 

 giving up, and Sir Eichard taking ye Cottesmore 

 country. He, however, soon left, and went back to Mr. 

 Harvey Coombe (whose hounds he had been hunting in 



