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became possessed of those hounds. From time 

 immemorial each keeper in the New Forest 

 had been required to keep one of these St. 

 Hubert's, to aid in tracking deer-stealers, and 

 also for following wounded deer ; but an edict 

 went forth in the middle of the last century that 

 the hounds were to be done away with, where- 

 upon Mr. Neville secured the nucleus of his 

 pack. He believed that the original hounds 

 came from Germany, far away in the Middle 

 Ages. The pack was eventually purchased by 

 the late Lord Roden, and they afterwards became 

 the property of Lord Wolverton. 



From the diminutive rabbit beagle to the 

 stately staghound all are true hounds, that is they 

 differ from other members of the canine race who 

 pursue their game by scent, in that they hunt 

 together in a pack, instead of each working for 

 itself alone. This is the great distinguishing 

 characteristic of hounds, marking them out from 

 all others, who, though they may join together 

 for a few moments, do so to benefit themselves, 

 and not to work together as a body corporate. 

 But hounds, on the contrary, are thorough ex- 

 ponents of the ideals of Socialism ! Two maxims 

 that go far towards making a hunting pack of 

 hounds should be learned by heart and ever 

 kept in mind — " Good looks and perfection in 

 form are of no use without nose," and " A hound 

 that picks up a scent, and does not at once throw 

 his tongue to inform his comrades of the fact 

 that they may come and assist him, should have 

 no place in a pack of hounds." 



To the following questions Tom Smith, the 

 huntsman of the Bramham Moor hounds, has 

 kindly furnished the answers: — 



