n6 Modem Dogs. 



Carnaby Forster. Mr. Hill, who hunted from 

 Maesllwch Castle, in Radnorshire, had the pack 

 from his brother, Lord Hill, in 1869, and from 

 that time to the day of his death had improved 

 it immensely. There were twenty-five couple 

 in the kennels, all good-looking, handsome, rough 

 hounds, perhaps not so perfect in this work as 

 those of Mr. Lomax, but in " sortiness " they 

 have never been equalled. They were well cared 

 for ; the members of the hunt had a handsome 

 costume, and hounds were taken to and fro in a van 

 made for the purpose. From 1870 to 1890 these 

 hounds, known as the Hawkstone pack, killed 704 

 otters, no fewer than sixty-two being accounted 

 for in one season, the best on record, that of 1881. 



But if a pack kills from a dozen to two dozen 

 otters during the four or five months they hunt, 

 a bad record is not made, for sometimes when 

 the waters are in flood, or the hay crop remains 

 uncut, hounds may not be out for a week, or 

 even a longer interval may intervene between one 

 meet and another. 



The Carlisle hounds are another noted lot, and, 

 with a slight interval, during which Mr. James 

 Steel was the master, that position has been 

 occupied by Mr. J. C. Carrick for over a quarter of 

 a century. For some time Mr. Carrick's hounds 



