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their Christian names being John, and their surnames 

 beginning with a " B," perhaps aids the confusion or 

 commonalty. Their thunder and lightning coats are 

 cut off the same web, and made up by the same snip 

 — so are their waistcoats, ditto their big-ribbed cotton 

 cords, as the dangling drab ribbon over the mahogany 

 tops testify. This similarity of dress is often seen in 

 the country; indeed, in the hunting field one may 

 sometimes tell the residents of particular districts by 

 their clothes. 



In hunting, Barleycorn and Brownstout are equally 



unanimous, both being admirers of the silent system. 

 They hunt by the weather, and not by the card. If 

 Monday is a bad day they turn out on the Tuesday, 

 or adjourn again till the Wednesday, the Sabbath and 

 market-days being the only ones to avoid. It says 

 much for their management, that under whatever 

 Master the foxhounds have been kept, Barleycorn 

 and Brownstout have never been accused of inter- 

 fering with their sport; on the contrary, they have 

 received the repeated expression of the thanks both 

 of Master and followers, for their preservation of the 

 "varmint." At the present moment, we may add, 



