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from a restive horse in the stable-yard at Hal- 

 ston), assisted by Edward Bates, son of Sir Richard 

 Puleston's huntsman of that name, and Richard Jones, 

 both very excellent horsemen, and good men in their 

 places. When he had the Shiffnal country, which 

 he hunted alternately with his own, his kennel was at 

 Ivetsy Bank on the old Chester Road, and he used 

 frequently to ride from Halston to covers even 

 beyond Ivetsy to meet his hounds, and return home 

 to dinner, — making upwards of eighty miles on the 

 road, and he was known to do this on two successive 

 days. But the best runs Mr. Mytton's hounds ever 

 had were from covers in his own neighbourhood, 

 with wild travelling foxes that came down from the- 

 Welsh hills. His first pack showed fair sport, andl 

 were not more unsteady than others I could name.. 

 He either sold the greater part of these hounds, or,, 

 more likely, lost them in a match at billiards with ani 

 Irish gentleman. Mr. Mytton subsequently pur- 

 chased another pack of fox-hounds from Mr. New- 

 man, of Hornchurch, Essex, which he hunted himself^ 

 about Halston, for several successive years, making 

 up, by foxes purchased in London, for the confined 

 country to which he was restricted. I remember, 

 during this second term of it, once visiting the Halston 



