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to his departing spirit, by assuring him that 

 his family should be provided for, a promise 

 which has been most liberally carried into 

 effect. James Cooper, who though born in 

 Scotland is of English parentage, com- 

 menced his studies of the venatic art with 

 a pack of harriers kept by Mr Urquhart at 

 Meldrum, in Aberdeenshire. To steady 

 him from hare, he had five seasons' tuition 

 under merry John Walker with the Fife, 

 after which an engagement with the Burton 

 and another with the Broklesby, introduced 

 him into the truly sporting county of Lin- 

 coln, when he came to Belvoir as first whip 

 to Goodall, at whose death he was appointed 

 huntsman. With the precepts of such 

 talented professors, he had every oppor- 

 tunity of becoming a master of the art, and 

 most successfully has he adopted their 

 principles. A very light weight and a fine 

 horseman, he has always been able to live 

 with hounds at the terrific pace they are so 



