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grandfather made him draw it again, when it proved that 

 he had drawn over no less than a brace of foxes ! No 

 place is kept quieter than this is, even the squire himself, 

 in the summer time, never going within at least two 

 hundred yards of it — a policy, which seems to answer, for 

 they are nearly always w^ild old Hectors these Eadburne 

 RouQ-h foxes. Often enoug-li there is a visitor from the 

 hills, who appreciates a snug, quiet, resting-place, and is 

 consequently there when the hounds call on him. 



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