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About a fifth consists of moorland, while a tenth is 

 occupied by plough and woodland. Like the Rocking- 

 ham they are unvexed by wire or foxhounds. The 

 hounds, twenty couples in strength, are kennelled 

 at Rookwood, Athleague, and hunt two days a week. 



In Down four packs are to be found, the East Down, 

 the Newry, the Iveagh, and the North Down harriers. 

 Of these, the East Down hunt mostly over a plough 

 and bank country, varied by a small proportion of 

 pasture. The kennels are at Downpatrick, and the 

 hounds, twenty couples of nearly pure-bred nineteen- 

 inch harriers, which find entry in the Stud-book, are 

 hunted two days a week by Captain R. Ker, the 

 Master. The Newry, twenty couples of twenty-two- 

 inch cross-bred hounds, hunt two days a week in Down 

 and Armagh. The Iveagh, kennelled at Gilford, put into 

 the field twenty couples of eighteen-inch to nineteen- 

 inch harriers. The North Down harriers, kennelled 

 at Ballynickle, near Comber, consist of fifteen and 

 a half couples of twenty-inch dwarf foxhounds, which 

 take the field two days a week. Mr. J. B. Houston, 

 M.P., has been Master since 1881, and the pack is 

 hunted by Alfred Rees, a professional huntsman. 

 The pack, which succeeded the Dufferin harriers, 

 which had previously hunted the country for nearly 

 twenty years, is very popular, and shows excellent 

 sport. Mr. J. G. Allen is deputy Master. 



In Louth are found the Dundalk and Littlegrange 

 packs, each hunting two days a week. The Dundalk 

 consist of twenty-one-inch foxhounds (twenty couples), 

 while the Littlegrange, kennelled near Drogheda, 

 show eleven couples of eighteen to twenty-inch pure 

 harriers. The Dundalk hunt in Louth only ; the 

 Littlegrange in Louth and Meath. 



Sligo, with the Sligo County and Mr. O'Hara's, 



