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had called 'Julia.' You see we used to send eight 

 or ten couples o' bitches, in Mr. Smith's time, into 

 Wales every season, to whelp; and arter the railroad 

 were opened, we used to send them to Swindon in the 

 van, and then on by railroad. Well, sir, I remember 

 being out in the park exercising the hounds, at Ted- 

 worth, about two days arter we had sent off a lot o' 

 bitches into Wales, and I see a stray hound come across 

 and go into a small plantation, and I could tell at once 

 she were heavy in whelp ; and I says to Cowley, who 

 were with me, ' Cowley, what hound is that ? she's no 

 business here ; ' and as I came towards the plantation 

 I see the hounds begin to show something had crossed 

 before 'em, as they piit their noses down, and I says to 

 Cowley again, ' Why, I believe that were Julia as we 

 sent away,' and I called out 'Julia, Julia.' And, sure 

 enough, out she come, and 'twere Julia. Well, sir, I 

 never heard anything about it till the man as were sent 

 with the bitches come back, and then I says to him, 

 ' Well, did you get 'em all right into Wales ? ' and he 

 says, 'All but Julia, and somehow she slipt away in 

 chanofing: at Swindon, and we couldn't catch her, and 

 we couldn't make out what became of her.' Well, sir, 

 you see that bitch found her way back to Ted worth — 

 'tis about five and twenty mile. She were very poor 

 when she come in, but I soon got her right again, and 



