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they drove their fox admirably through 

 the large tract of woodland, and eventually 

 forced him to face the open over some 

 light land, affording a slight introduction 

 to cross country performances, but being 

 headed, retraced his steps to the woods, 

 where the hounds continued running from 

 fox to fox the remainder of the day. 



An appointment for the hounds to meet 

 on Badminton Lawn, has for very many 

 years been esteemed as one of the most 

 aristocratic oratherinors of Diana's votaries, 

 and in bygone days they were more fre- 

 quent than of late. On these occasions 

 members of the Royal Family are invited 

 to meet foreign princes and potentates, to 

 participate in the glories of the chase after 

 the custom of our native land, when one 

 of the most splendid packs of hounds is 

 paraded as a specimen of our breed, and 

 many of the finest hunters England can 

 produce, affording pleasing testimony that 



