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merry, musical tongues, watching tlieir casting 

 and twistings and general hound work, instead of 

 the modern style of break-neck galloping about 

 in aU directions, and, more frequently than not, 

 causing the hounds to over-run the scent, run 

 riot, as well as giving great trouble and much 

 annoyance to both Master and huntsmen. 



It is now my very pleasing duty to return 

 my sincere thanks to many friends, old and 

 new, not only for their generous subscriptions 

 towards the cost of publishing, but also to many 

 others for their kind replies to my circular, as 

 well as for extracts fi'om old diaries and copies of 

 old letters, which have given me much data rela- 

 tive to packs of hoimds kept in Wensleydale, which 

 otherwise I could not have obtained. Notably to 

 J. C. Winn, Esq., J.P. (The Grange, West Burton), 

 C. J. BurriU, Esq., J.P. (Elm House), W. H. 

 Tomlinson, Esq. (Flattlands, Aysgarthj, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Robert Chapman (The Cliff, Leyburn), Col. 

 J. W. Lodge, J.P. (The Rookery, Bishopdale), and 

 William Purchas, Esq. (Flanders Hall, West 

 Burton), for their generous donations, as well as 



