HOUND AND HORN; 



OR, THE 



LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE CARTER. 



George Carter was born of respectable parents 

 in the village of Bromfield, near Ludlow, Salop, on 

 November 29th, 1792, and at an early age showed a 

 true love for the noble science with which his whole 

 after-life was so closely associated. 



According to his own account he used, while quite 

 a boy, to " mouch " from school, to run with a pack of 

 harriers in the neighbourhood whenever the oppor- 

 tunity offered. These repeated acts of truantry, 

 coming to the ears of the home-rulers, and not meet- 

 ing with their approval, caused such a disruption in 

 the family circles, that young George left his father's 

 house, and took service with Mr. Forrester of Elmley, 

 to look after horses, make himself generally useful 

 about the stables, with the chance of an occasional 

 mount as whip to the harriers ; and after some time 



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