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CHAPTER XVII. 



A Word on Moorland Hunting. 



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AM old-fasliioned enougli to believe that the 

 best sport, the longest rims, and the most 

 interesting hound work are all to be found 

 on the moors." 



So wrote Colonel S. Conyers Scrope, M.F.H., 

 to the present writer when he was arranging for 

 the formation of a Wensleydale pack of fox 

 hounds. Since one essentially associates with 

 the very name Wensleydale ; moorland, crag, 

 rushing water, and hidden dell, it will not be 

 inappropriate in a work dealing with the hound 

 and hunting lore of this beautiful portion of the 



