THE QUORN HUNT. $ 



was two hours and fifty minutes, withotU a 

 cast, and killed. Mr Meynell's taste led 

 him to admire large hounds, but his ex- 

 perience convinced him that small ones 

 were generally the stoutest, soundest, and 

 in every respect the most executive." 



It is very clear that Mr Meynell was 

 gifted with the highest conceptions on mat- 

 ters connected with the noble science, and 

 more than that, he had companions who 

 could appreciate them. Without in the 

 slightest degree questioning the application 

 and efficacy of most of the injunctions and 

 practices, as applicable to the time when 

 they were adopted, there are some few 

 which could scarcely be carried out in these 

 days. Dividing the pack into two or three 

 bodies, to make casts where large fields of 

 horsemen are spread in all directions, would 

 be attended with many difficulties and 

 dangers ; and would be a stimulant to 

 skirting and tailing. The custom of draw- 

 ing the hounds, with reference to age, taking 

 the seniors into the best parts of the country, 

 was evidently for the sake of displaying the 



