Childers, Pilot, and Pigmy. 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE WILLEY KENNELS. 



The Willey Kennels — Colonel Apperley on Hunting a Hundred 

 Years ago — Character of the Hounds — Portraits of Favourites 

 — Original Letters — Style. 



" Tantivy ! the huntsman he starts for the chase, 

 In good humour as fresh as the mom, 

 While health and hilarity heam from his face, 

 At the sound of the mellow-toned horn." 



The style of hunting in vogue in Squire Forester's 

 day was, in the opinion of authorities on the subject, 

 even more favourable to the development of bodily 



