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The folloTving letters from Mr. Forester to Walter 

 Stubbs, Esq., of Beckbury, afterwards of Stratford- 

 on-Avon, wbere he became distinguished in con- 

 nection with the Warwickshire Hunt, sho,w how 

 particular he was in his selection. It would seem 

 that whilst admiring the Duke of Grafton's hounds, 

 which under the celebrated Tom Kose (" Honest old 

 Tom," as he was called), who used to say, *'a maa 

 must breed his pack to suit his country," gained 

 some celebrity, he not unnaturally preferred his 

 own. We give exact copies of two of his letters, 

 they are so characteristic of the man. In all 

 the letters we have seen he began with a con- 

 siderable margin at the side of the paper, but always 

 filled up the space with a postcript : — 



""WiLLEY Hall, March 15, 1795. 



" Dear Sir, 



" I beg leave to return you my hearty thanks 

 for your civility in sending your servant to Apley 

 with three couple of my hounds that run into your's 

 ye other day. Could I have returned compliment 

 in sending ye three couple, that were missing from 

 you, I should have been happy in ye discharge of 

 that duty, so incumbent on every good sportsman. 



