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sure to go wrong. However, at this time 

 I had a couple showed a delightful capa- 

 bility to hunt any mortal thing, and as 

 three or four neighbours had some too, 

 we used to make a pack, assisted by 

 three or four shepherd dogs, and about 

 a dozen terriers. We generally hunted 

 a drag, but more often hares, and one 

 day, I blush to relate, we had twenty-five 

 minutes after a fox. Of course, we had 

 a horn, and all that, but they were a most 

 unruly crew. The end of that pack was 

 that two or three malcontents, headed by 

 a neighbouring parson, who farmed his 

 own glebe, advertised in the local paper, 

 warning off all persons and dogs other 

 than those who hunted with a recognized 

 pack. 



Two of the best sporting farmers in 

 our country were Mr. Carnley, father of 

 the present owner of Norbury Squire, 



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