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CHAPTER XIII. 



" Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn 

 Cheerily rouse the slumb'ring morn." 



Master's presence necessary to judge of entiy — Duties devolving on 

 masters — Some excuses for neglecting them — First-class hunts- 

 men — Duke of Beaufort's letter to Will Long — Goosey and Will 

 Goodall— Tom Sebright and others — Anecdote of Tommy Moore, 

 the Poet — Tribute of respect to Charles Treadwell— Wanton 

 shedding of fox-blood — Accidents may happen — Weeding 

 litters — Bloodthirsty preservers— Counting noses — "I never 

 counts 'em whilst they suck " — The fashion in foxhunting. 



The remarks of " Dryasdust " on cub-hunting, 

 in Land and Water, deserve honourable men- 

 tion among all foxhunters, and we trust they may 

 produce also some good effects upon those masters 

 of hounds who are disposed to leave the tuition of 

 the entry entirely in the hands of their huntsman, 

 as gentlemen too commonly do, the breaking of 

 young pointers to their keepers, ''and thus,'' as 

 " Dryasdust '' observes, "the master, who should be 

 cognizant of every detail, and with whom should 

 rest every appeal in all that concerns the manage- 

 ment of a pack of foxhounds, loses the opportunity 

 of judging for himself what are likely to prove the 

 characters of the young aspirants of the pack, and 

 he is obliged to entrust the very important task 

 of drafting to his huntsman, for the fulfilment of 



