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not at once seem to understand it, but they soon 

 owned the Hne, and we had a fairly good burst ; and, 

 if we had been so minded, could have killed Mr. 

 Wolf. On the second day we had made up our 

 minds to have blood if the foxhounds could break 

 him up, which my host seemed to doubt. I gave 

 them a cheer or two as they began to feather on the 

 line, and away they went in grand style. Fred 

 Payne, of the Fitzwilliam, would have been delighted 

 with the advancement of Rambler's education ; and 

 the Atherstone were likewise well represented. The 

 music became a roar, and it was very quickly a case 

 of from scent to view and ' who-whoop ! ' The 

 pulling to pieces was quite after the English view 

 of the thing ; though the quarry was perhaps a 

 bit tougher, and they did not seem to care about 

 making a repast of him.'' 



In addition to his qualifications of speed and nose 

 the foxhound has a peculiar homing faculty, developed 

 to a remarkable extent. Hounds have been known to 

 return to their kennels from remarkable distances. 

 One draft that had been sent from the Holderness 

 into Kent were discontented with their new quarters, 

 and had almost reached their old kennels before 

 their absence from their fresh kennels had been 

 discovered. A Cumberland hound returned from 

 Sussex to its old home, evidently preferring the 



