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Next day lie was turned down in Bnrton Beck, 

 and killed after another two hours' hunt hy, 

 principally, young hounds. 



I was not present the first day, but I have 

 often heard my father speak of it. After some- 

 thing over three hours' hunt, and when the otter 

 was getting nearly done, my father tailed him. 

 Being in rather deep water, Ackroyd Costobadie, 

 a keen old sportsman, rushed in and said, "Let 

 me have hold of him, Mr. Chapman, I am taller 

 than you." He did ; when Ackroyd. promptly 

 tumbled over head. The otter, getting free again, 

 gave them another three quarters of an hour's 

 sport before Mr. Chapman again tailed him, and 

 stuck to him until they got a sack to put him in. 

 He is the largest dog otter I ever saw, and 

 weighed twenty-eight pounds when dry, many 

 hours after the kill. 



Mr. Ackroyd Palliser Costobadie, formerly an 

 officer in the East India Company's service, was 

 a keen all-round sportsman, and an intimate 

 friend of the author's. They have enjoyed many 

 happy days together with both hounds, gun and 



