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complimentarily is he spoken of as having 

 discharged his duties, till the unrelenting 

 hand of death called him away. On this 

 occasion a o-entleman came forward whose 

 qualifications as a master of hounds are 

 rarely approached, and it is greatly to be 

 regretted that any event should have oc- 

 curred to have prompted Mr. Morrell to 

 retire, which he did three years ago, after 

 having formed a pack of hounds of inestim- 

 able value; and so ably were they hunted 

 by Thomas Clark as to induce the Duke of 

 Beaufort to offer him the vacant horn at 

 Badminton. His grace became a purchaser 

 at a long figure, at the well-remembered 

 Tubney sale, on the 14th of April, 1858, 

 of some of the choicest hounds, together 

 with the huntsman's especial pets, Spangle 

 and Skilful, and they have done good service 

 in that old-established and very highly cele- 

 brated kennel. 



Mr. Morrell's efforts as a master of hounds 

 were not restricted to the management in 

 the field, the preservation of foxes and the 

 numerous imperative details of that nature ; 

 but he likewise devoted vast attention to the 

 breeding of hounds, in which undertaking 



