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half; in 1858-59 they accounted for sixty 

 brace and a half; in 1861-62, ninety-one 

 brace ; in 1 8 70- 7 1 , eighty-five brace and a 

 half; and commencing cub-hunting on the 

 14th of August, up to the commencement of 

 regular hunting, they handled thirty-six 

 brace, and from that time till the ist of 

 January 1872, they rolled over just twenty 

 brace. 



THE GREAT WOOD RUN. 



Although the wonderful run these hounds 

 had from Grittenham Great Wood was 

 recorded at the time with sensational 

 enthusiasm, on one occasion representing 

 its commencement in Monmouthshire and 

 its termination at High worth, but without 

 describing what flight of imagination 

 carried them over the Severn ; while 

 other correspondents have given their 

 versions so intermingled with skirting and 



