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enjoyed their freedom ; but they are now 

 expelled from their haunts by civilisation and 

 coalpits, if the former terra can be associated 

 with the hardy sons of humanity who toil 

 away their lives in underground adventures. 

 Lord Vernon had kennels likewise at Gopsal, 

 where he resided part of the season. These 

 hounds held a high position among the cele- 

 brities of the day, and the members of the 

 hunt being attired in coats of a bright orange 

 colour, as the distinctive costume, vast rivalry 

 ensued when the neiuhbouring scarlets met 

 them in the field. Thus was the country 

 hunted for several seasons, when it was trans- 

 ferred with a subscription to the care of the 

 Rev. George Talbot, quite a professor of the 

 art, who being suddenly called away from all 

 earthly strife, appears to have been succeeded 

 by Mr. Otway. That veteran sportsman and 

 superlative judge of hounds and hunting, 

 Sir Richard Pulestone, too, whose peripatetic 

 habits led him to wander with his pack into 

 any precincts which foxes frequented, and 

 sport was in the perspective, made occasional 

 descents in this vicinity. At another period 

 Mr. Adderley had hounds, and Mr. Hall, in 

 conjunction with Mr. Arkwright, kept the 



