LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



mers." This interesting information came from 

 the zealous earthstopper of Moor Hill, who had fol- 

 lowed Mr Kennedy to the funeral in order to tell 

 him the joyful news. 



Lord Naas was exceptionally fortunate in his 

 huntsman, the admirable Stephen Goodall. I find 

 several letters from him to my father during his 

 temporary absences in London of which I feel 

 tempted to set out a specimen, as showing the zeal 

 and ability of a good Hunt servant. 



" Palmerstown 



"Feb. 6, 1858. 



" My lord, 



" I beg to enclose you an account of what we have 

 been doing since your lordship went. We had a 

 large field at Castletown, but a fox had left in the 

 morning early; the hounds got on to his drag, and 

 hunted him very slowly through the wood and 

 away to Cullens cover, a ring, and back across the 

 bog into Castletown, again round the cover, over 

 the wall on the Maynooth side and away to Leixlip 

 to ground. Bolted him, and went over the wall into 

 Mr Aylmer's and back again into Castletown. This 

 fox beat us over the walls. Drew Straftan blank, and 

 Lodge Park. This was a wild stormy bad-scenting 

 day, hunting two hours and twenty minutes alto- 

 gether, just such another fox as the Castlekeely fox. 

 I think he got to ground in Castletown again. 



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