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answered while at walk to the name of 

 " Ree-Torrick," and when he was "sent in " 

 had, no doubt, to discover, through much 

 rating, that his name was "Rhetoric." On 

 the other hand, I knew a pup called 

 "Vagrant," which was always called after 

 he was entered ** Vagerrant " ; so, after all, 

 we may agree with Peter Beckford's hunts- 

 man, who evidently considered that as long 

 as a hound answered to his name, it made 

 no difference what he was called, for being 

 asked the name of a young hound, he said 

 it was "Lyman." "Lyman?" said his 

 master. "Why, James, what does Lyman 

 mean ? " " Lord, sir ! " replied James ; 

 "what does anything mean?" 



But now my pup has grown into a young 

 hound, and has, with the help of a good 



