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the spring of 1892, another pack of Bassets, but 

 owing to a difficulty in getting country to hunt it was 

 discontinued. Mr. Heseltine, from Walhampton, 

 Boldre, Hampshire, has twelve couples of Bassets, 

 with which many first rate runs have been had, and 

 last year about a dozen hares were killed. One 

 part of the season the meets are in the neighbour- 

 hood of the New Forest, and later, hounds remove 

 to near Cambridge, where the season finishes. 

 Considerable pains are taken to perfect the work 

 both with the Walhampton and the Brighton 

 Bassets, and the former have two whips, the 

 Marquis of Camden and Mr. O. H. Dickson 



At Norly Hall, Frodsham, Cheshire, Mr. A. L. 

 Woodhouse has a smart lot of hounds four and 

 a half couple of dogs and three and a half couple of 

 bitches with which he and his friends have excel- 

 lent sport, killing three or four hares a season, 

 although their country is not extensive nor particu- 

 larly good for the purpose, and hounds are seldom 

 out more than once a week. By far the most 

 typical pack is that of the Melbourne (Australian) 

 Basset Hunt Club, of which Mr. J. C. Anderson is 

 master. I need scarcely say that this pack was 

 established by drafts from this country, and it 

 includes a number of specially good hounds that 

 were given to the hunt by Mr. E. Millais. At the 



