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The neat hare-pied Dulcet is by Sir Maurice 

 Berkeley's Cruiser and his Darling. She 

 affords the pack great assistance. Bounty 

 and Blameless, from the same kennel, de- 

 scended from Anglesea and Beeswing, claim 

 notice. Nathan, a clever black, white, and 

 tan hound, bred in these kennels, performs his 

 full share of work. He is a son of Norman and 

 Gaiety. Bowler, in his fourth season, from the 

 North Staffordshire, is a compact, useful little 

 hound. A light grey-pied hound. Comrade, 

 son of the Brocklesby Clasher and the Bedale 

 Affable, is deserving of intended honours. 



There is a question I have put to many 

 masters of hounds and huntsmen, upon which 

 I think it would be interesting to gain further 

 information : Whether they have found that 

 young hounds walked by butchers, where they 

 get a considerable quantity of flesh, have been 

 equally susceptible of distemper in its worst 

 forms as those, walked at dairy farms, where 

 they get little or none. In my opinion, and 

 from the information I have hitherto been 

 able to obtain, I believe that flesh is of great 

 service. I do not mean by this remark to 

 assert that it will prove a preventive of the 

 malady, but I do not think so many hounds 



