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the fox was found at Jericho. My young 

 one had acquitted himself pretty well, and, 

 with the advantage of jumping in when the 

 run was about half over, pulled up com- 

 paratively fresh. 



We were on land in the occupation of a 

 country clergyman who prided himself upon 

 his breed of shorthorns, and, I believe, was a 

 successful competitor in London as well as 

 other places. But they were extraordinary^ 

 kittle cattle, and on this occasion the hullabaloo 

 sent them flying over fences, with heads and 

 tails erect, careering all over the country. 

 Their extreme shyness — or being so ^' shan " 

 as the locals termed it — was said to be caused 

 by the cows and heifers bringing up their 

 calves in the fields, and scarcely ever seeing 

 anybody or being interfered with, as the old 

 gentleman would not allow even the herdsman 

 to do more than count their numbers over 

 the gate. 



He had in his herd the very remarkable 

 production of a jumart, which was taken, 

 from a cart mare that afterwards died; the 

 extraordinary and almost isolated specimen, 



