THE BILLESDON HUNT. 3 



when it was ascertained that none of Sir 

 Richard's sons would continue to keep 

 hounds ; so, finding that to be the case, 

 Mr Tailby came to the rescue with Hberal 

 spirit, locating his hounds at Billesdon. It 

 was at this village that the late Lord Suf- 

 field expended so large a sum of money 

 in building stables, kennels, and such like 

 auxiliaries, on a scale of magnificence and 

 extent probably never equalled. Fame 

 once established, associations cling with 

 wonderful persistency, and my imagination 

 led me to the supposition that Mr Tailby 

 was derivinor the advantao^es of Lord Suf- 

 field's unbounded expenditure. Much to 

 my surprise, on arriving at this far-famed 

 spot, soon after Mr Tailby's accession, 

 I discovered that the kennels were con- 

 verted into tenements for the human race, 

 and the stabling only was appropriated 

 to the use of the present establishment. 

 Kennels sufficient for the purpose, devoid 



