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essential to render perfect the programme. 

 In those days, more than forty years ago, 

 there was nothins: like the number of hounds 

 bred that there have been in modern times, 

 and to form a pack, any new aspirant to the 

 honours of becoming a M.F.H. had to collect 

 them as best he could. Again, the occult 

 science of breeding was not so comprehen- 

 sibly adopted, nor even understood, neither 

 was the general management of hounds con- 

 ducted on the principle of common sense and 

 propriety that are now the rule ; rogues and 

 vagabonds of all grades and characters were 

 the component particles, riot and insubordi- 

 nation the two common results. The only 

 pack his lordship had an opportunity of 

 purchasing was Mr. Mytton's. It was a hete- 

 rogeneous composition in every acceptation 

 of the term — the only redeeming quality was 

 that they were better descended than many 

 hounds of their day, most of them having been 

 procured from Sir Richard Pulestone's kennels, 

 the Belvoir, and the Cheshire. To them 

 Lord Anson made additions from Sir Thomas 

 Mostyn's and Mr. Muster's packs, together 

 with drafts from divers other kennels, so that 

 in a few seasons an efficient body was formed, 



