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In May, 1833 (No. 3) — 



" ' Drag on him ! ah, wind him, my steady, good hounds.' 

 ' Drag on him ! ah, wind him,' the covert resounds." 



This plate was engraved by H. R. Cook. The 



scene is laid at Thornley Park, near Canterbury 



(no doubt an incident with the East Kent Hounds) ; 



the huntsman, on a grey, is capping his hounds 



on to the line as they stream out of covert. 



In January, 1834 (No. 4) — 



" Cast round the sheep stain ; cast round, cast round ! 

 Try back the deep lane ; try baclv, try back ! " 



This plate is also the work of H. R. Cook. The 

 picture represents the huntsman on a celebrated 

 old crop-eared mare which was ridden for many 

 years by Tom Arnold, huntsman of the East Kent. 



These four plates from F. C. Turner's paintings 

 complete the series illustrating the old song — " A 

 southerly wind and a cloudy sky " — 



" Hark ! I heard some hound challenge in yonder spring 



sedge. 

 Comfort bitch hits it — there, in that old thick hedge. 

 Hark forward ! hark forward ! have at him, my boys. 

 Hark forward ! hark forward ! 'Zounds, don't make a 



noise ! " 



In February, 1835, R. Ackermann & Co. pub- 

 lished plates engraved by C. Heath from these 

 pictures; each plate measuring 19 in. by 14^ in., 

 and printed in colours. The series was entitled 

 " The Fox Chase." 



