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from the Marquis to hunt. Finding he could 

 do nothing with these hounds, on account of 

 their want of pace, Mr. Swindell, with the 

 assent of the Marquis, gave them to Mr. Frank 

 Thompson, of Burton-on-Trent, who hunted 

 hares with them on foot ! For Cannock Chase 

 Mr. Swindell bought a draft of old and young 

 hounds from the Bicester, and they very 

 soon pulled down a deer. 



In July, 1885, Mr. Swindell undertook to 

 hunt a portion of the Puckeridge country. He 

 got hounds together from various sources, 

 converted some buildings into kennels, bought 

 a stud of horses, and had his first morning's 

 cubhunting on September the 5th, when they 

 killed a cub in Graves Wood on the land of 

 that first-rate sportsman, Mr. John Sworder, of 

 West Mill. 



In October of the same year, 1885, rabies 

 broke out in his kennels. Mr. Swindell stopped 

 hunting for a fortnight, and then, finding that 

 there was no fresh outbreak, began hunting 

 again. From October, 1885, until February, 

 1886, several smaller outbreaks took place. 

 After February Mr. Swindell thought it was 

 fairly stamped out, but in June it made its dire 

 appearance again ; and he then determined to 

 destroy the whole of the bitch pack. Mr. 

 Swindell now says, " This ought to have been 



