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our Bramingham is, to us, as much or more than the 

 Billesdon Coplow to the Meltonian ; that our Gad- 

 desden and Kensvvorth Gorse are no less estimable in 

 our eyes than those of Segg's Hill, or Catworth, in 

 countries of higher repute ; and that if we are more 

 liable to that glorious uncertainty of scent, upon our 

 colder lands, than those blessed with richer pastures, 

 where scent can rarely fail, and where any hound ought 

 to run, we are no less imbued with a love of the pace 

 that kills, and it is, therefore, the more incumbent upon 

 us to consult the cultivation of that odora canAm vis, 

 and all the essential qualities of the animal upon which 

 we are the more dependant. 



There is a certain degree of luck in all things : 

 making a liberal allowance for the judgment which we 

 are all ready enough to take credit for, upon the suc- 

 cess of any scheme, it cannot be denied that there is 

 good or ill luck attendant upon their results ; and that 

 one man may be fortunate enough to attain in two 

 years what another may not accomplish in twenty."' 



Thus, upon taking to fox-hounds, I had the good 

 luck to succeed, in the first draft from a distant kennel 

 which I pitched upon as likely to recruit the pack, and 

 as particularly qualified for the country I had under- 

 taken to hunt. My predecessor, probably at no less 



* Mr. Barrett has afforded, in Hants, a practical illustration of this— 

 having succeeded to the command of the old H. H., on the death of his 

 lamented brother-in-law, ]\lr. Villebois— with everything to provide de 

 novo, his sport, last season, exceeded that of many previous, and he has 

 now a pack of hounds, the sight of which wiU repay the trouble of a visit. 



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