[Earth-Stopper.] 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Singula quid referam? Nil non laudabile vidi." 



Ovid. 



Of Provincial Countries — Fox-hunting in Hampshire — Mr. Assheton Smith — 

 His Career in Leicestershire — Character as a Sportsman and Horseman — • 

 Removal to Hampshire — Tedworth and its Agremens — Visit to the Kennel 

 — Reception there — Description of the Kennel and Premises — Stables, 

 &c. &c. — Appearance — Local Advantages — Huntsman — Entry — Stamp of 

 Hounds — Radical good — Success of the Pack — Horses — Summary of this 

 Sketch — Plans of the Building. 



At the commencement of these my observations 

 upon the maintenance of the Noble Science, and upon 

 the management of a pack of foxhounds, I have laid 

 some stress upon the art of attaining the grand desi- 

 deratum of " doing the thing well, and as it should be 



