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occupied from find to finish was one hour and 

 thirty minutes, and the run afforded an excel- 

 lent opportunity of observing both the hunt- 

 ing and racing properties of the pack. The 

 country, too, was of a decidedly different 

 character to that in the neighbourhood of 

 Milton Hill, whei;^ the fields are of immense 

 size and the fences insignificantly small. 

 Around Wadley there are plenty of fences 

 strong enough to satisfy the most ambitious 

 for riding fame, and there is a fair proportion 

 of pasture land. The Old Berkshire country, 

 indeed, is much diversified, and the friends to 

 stone walls will find them prevailing on the 

 Oxfordshire boundary. 



I have now to record another change, one 

 which I did not contemplate when I was 

 hunting in the Berkshire country, and wit- 

 nessed Mr. Duffield's great exertions to show 

 sport, not confining himself to his especial 

 position as master, but combining too the 

 talented responsibilities of huntsman, or in- 

 deed of whipper-in, if occasion required his 

 assistance. In the spring of 1863, this gen- 

 tleman resigned his undertaking, and sold his 

 clever pack to Mr. Wherton Wilson, where 

 Dale, ever devoted to his darlings, accompa- 



