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quate to the expenditure, Lord Radnor re- 

 lieved him from the responsibilities, but only 

 continued the mastership two seasons. Such 

 frequent changes are most disastrous to 

 success in hunting any country. A pack 

 of hounds is scarcely got together before 

 they may have to be disposed of, or perhaps 

 removed ; but if they remain, the new master 

 exerts all his energies to improve upon the 

 work of his predecessor, and for a time, at 

 least, throws all into confusion. Regarding 

 vastly conflicting qualities as perfections, the 

 good properties which the original pack pos- 

 sesses are not unfrequently annihilated by 

 the introduction of some characteristics com- 

 pletely at variance with those which have 

 been so assiduously promoted. To the late 

 Mr. Morland Lord Radnor resigned the 

 hounds and country, his lordship having 

 purchased the pack, in the spring of 1833, 

 from Sir Richard Pulestone, Bart., of Emral, 

 in Flintshire, a very celebrated sportsman of 

 the old school, and considered the best judge 

 of hounds of his time. Mr. Morland retained 

 the responsibilities of office several years, 

 affording him every opportunity to organise 

 the pack according to his wishes, and most 



