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He purchased the hounds, which bj that 

 time had become an efficient and valuable 

 pack, and the horses upon which he mounted 

 himself and his men, Thudow and Jesse, 

 were all of very high pretensions. Every 

 accessory that a liberal spirit could suggest 

 was provided, and if money could have pur- 

 chased the suffrages of Diana it was never 

 withheld. But Sir John undertook, as his 

 predecessors had done, to hunt his own 

 hounds, an attempt in which, without the 

 slightest disrespect for his memory, he was 

 not so successful as they had been, and at 

 the expiration of one brief season he handed 

 all over to Mr. Applethwaite. Under the 

 new dynasty the quondam sport of the 

 country was restored, the horn Avas intrusted 

 to Thurlow, Jesse was promoted to the post 

 of first whipper-in ; and, interfering but little 

 with the active management in the field, 

 Mr. Applethwaite presided over all with the 

 quiet dignity of a country gentleman, re- 

 spected and popular with all classes. He 

 continued to hunt the country fourteen 

 seasons, a longer term than any of his pre- 

 decessors had held it, affording convincing 

 testimony of mutual approbation. On this 



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