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(ICiulh-btopper.) 



CHAP TEE XIII. 



' SinguLa quid referam 1 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 — Eemoval 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 — liadical good — Success of 

 the Pack — Horses — Summary of this Sketch — Plans of the Build- 

 ing. 



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 deside- 

 ratum of " doing the thing M^ell, and as it should be 

 done." The kennels of the Bel voir and the Quorn, the 



