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dating from about the year 1856, when the late Major 

 Hampton Lewis hunted part of the country. Since 

 1871 the pack has been a subscription one, hunting 

 nearly the whole of Anglesey. The country consists 

 of about two-thirds pasture and one-third plough. 

 Wire is somewhat of a difficulty. The pack, kennelled 

 at Tyndonan, Llangefni, consists of twenty couples 

 of cross-bred hounds (twenty-one-inch), some of 

 them entered in the harrier Stud-book. They 

 hunt two days a week, with an occasional by-day 

 after Christmas. Once a week a deer is hunted. 

 Mr. J. Rice, the present Master, has held office since 

 1891. The Brecon harriers have been in existence 

 some thirty-two years. They hunt both hare and 

 fox, taking the field twice a week. The pack, with 

 kennels at Brecon, consists of sixteen and a half couples 

 of cross-bred Stud-book harriers (nineteen and a half 

 to twenty and a half inch). These hounds hunt a 

 rough wild country, half moorland, the rest pasture 

 and plough. It is not considered a good scenting 

 country, and hares and foxes are alike stout, the foxes 

 notably so, holing in rocky fastnesses, which render 

 them hard to bring to hand. The pack is a subscription 

 one, and the subscriptions reach about £150 per annum. 

 The Crickhowell country consists of an area of about 

 eight square miles in the south of Brecknockshire. 

 Most of this is wild sheep-walk, with a small proportion 

 of grass and plough. There is not much wire. The 

 pack, a subscription one, comprises sixteen couples of 

 seventeen to eighteen-incli Stud-book harriers, which 

 are kennelled at Crickhowell, seven miles from Aber- 

 gavenny. Mr. J. A. Doyle has mastered the hounds 

 since 1889, having acted as joint Master from 1887 to 

 that year. This pack is hunted on foot. The Glany- 

 rafon are a private pack, established in 1863, and owned 



