SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. 63 



had hunted with the great Mr. Meynell, informed 

 us that in the west of Ireland there was a pack 

 of hounds, used for the purpose of hunting fox and 

 hare, all of one colour — black-and-tan — of great 

 size, and which had been kept up in that country 

 from time immemorial — probably ever since the 

 last wolf-hunt. 



