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point for Yate and Jron Acton, where 

 there are some coalpits, and the land Is 

 deep and holding, — yet it is a famous 

 quarter for hounds, and I never missed a 

 day when I was living within reach. 



I can well remember meeting the hounds 

 in the sixth Duke of Beaufort's time in the 

 Heythrop country, on one occasion at 

 Addlestrop Gate, on the other at Boulter's 

 Barn. They had not anything remarkable 

 in the way of a run on either day, except 

 on the first a pretty scurry from Odding- 

 ton Ashes to Chastleton, crossing the 

 Evenlode brook, in which several enjoyed 

 the delights of a cold bath. Though quite 

 a juvenile, I was forcibly impressed with 

 the magnificent yet sporting character of 

 the establishment, the contrast being the 

 greater as I was at that time residing In 

 Worcestershire, and hunting with those 

 hounds. I can fancy I now see the slim figure 

 of Will Long, who was then the huntsman, 



