THE QUORN HUNT. 3 



Other part, the time of Mr Meynell's com- 

 mencement Is determined by the observa- 

 tion, *' When the country was made over 

 to me forty-seven years ago." 



A most amuslnor and Instructive little 

 book, called '' The Meynelllan Science ; or, 

 Foxhunting upon System," graphically 

 written by the late Mr John Hawkes, a 

 very celebrated sportsman and companion 

 of Mr Meynell's, affords a vast fund of In- 

 formation concerning the customs of those 

 days, and I trust his two sons, my kind 

 friends, Mr John and Mr George Hawkes, 

 will forgive me for availing myself of 

 several extracts. 



" Mr Meynell considered one of the Im- 

 portant objects In breeding hounds was to 

 combine strength with beauty, and stout- 

 ness with high mettle. The first qualities 

 he considered were fine noses and stout 

 runners. In the month of November the 

 pack was carefully divided into the old 

 and young pack. The old pack consisted 

 of three-years-old and upwards, and no 

 two-years-old was admitted except a very 



