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mio-ht well be emulated In other counties. 

 But what a lasting compliment to foxhunt- 

 ing, for that Is the source from whence It 

 emanates. 



Mr Tallby's country, consisting almost 

 entirely of small coverts. Is 111 adapted for 

 cub-hunting ; In fact, that Is the only thing 

 In which It Is defective, there being so little 

 opportunity to work young hounds. The 

 lateness of the harvest delayed the com- 

 mencement of operations In the year 1862 

 till the middle of September, and the same 

 remark applies to 1 8 7 1 ; but when they did 

 begin they found a fine show of foxes, and 

 during the month of October scent was on 

 each occasion favourable, affording some 

 good gallops over the open. The morning 

 of November 6, 1862, on which I went 

 from Leicester to meet these hounds at 

 Staunton Wyville, was bright In the extreme, 

 the dew-drops glittering on the sprays, ill 

 omens of a scent ; but on reaching KIb- 



