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she carried her mistress salel\' lor se\'en seasons: xcry (luick 

 and actixc, il would liaxc taken a lunn\' place to put her down 

 or stop her lair owner when hounds were runninL;. Miss 

 ( d\ n has heen \ crs lorlunale in her hunters, " Lady IU;ttie." 

 another laxoinile, h,i\ iiiL; cari-it-d lu:r railhlulU' lor seven years, 

 L;i\'inL; her onl\ one lall. 



1 Ixlicxc that tlic lCss(^\ hounds have the reputation for incctinf^ earher 

 in the luoin'mf; tlian any other pack in ICnfj^Iand. This is, of course, chie to 

 tlie cm-It;)' ol tlicir Master, Sir 11. Selwin Ibhetson, who seems to be made 

 of steel liDin the amount of work lie gets through. Wet weather never 

 dctcis him ; so, of course, he was at his post on Saturday, October loth, 

 when Ihcy mcl at l\o\\\cll at (^3oaau., in one of the most uncompromising 



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merciless downiioms of rain il has ever been my lot to be out in. Roxwell, 

 at 6.30 a.m., is \iiy liandy for the Chelmsford division ; but nearer town you 

 rcM]uir(> the vivid recollection of an extraordinary good run from this very 

 lixlure two seasons ago, during tlu' cub-hunting season, to nerve you for 

 stalling to llic meet at about .\ aan., when it is too dark to see more than 

 your horse's ears. Steadily jogging along in the dark, you feel rather like a 

 liigliwa\nian ; but tlicrc is very little chance of a good haul between 4 and 

 S ii.m. r>v and bve the lights in the cottage windows look cheerful, and 

 ilu' sound oi tlu- liorsckccpers' \oices getting their charges in from the fields 

 dispel at oiu e any romantic illusions. The rain, which held ofi" at first, 

 I ame Aowu in right earnest about five, and sensibly increased one's weight 

 by the time l\o.\\vell was reached ; and another mile or two covered to 

 where the hounds were alrc\uly busy at work. Here I must apologise for 

 mv imperfect knowledge of this part of the county, but 1 can vouch that 



