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pensities he soon became disgusted, and at 

 the termination of one season he consigned 

 them to the protection of a gentleman less 

 enamoured with the charms of pace. A 

 beautiful pack of dwarf foxhounds, purchased 

 from Lord Jersey, superseded them, and the 

 Squire's comparison of the difference between 

 the two is perfectly characteristic. The latter 

 having started a hare, would quickly run her 

 down to the enlivening chorus, " Here she 

 goes! here she goes!" significant of the sharp 

 squeaking cry of the lively little foxhounds, 

 while the dwelling blue mottles would res- 

 pond in dull plaintive tones, " Zounds, so she 

 does ! zounds, so she does !" Much as he 

 delighted in hunting in its true acceptation, 

 the chase of the hare was scarcely the 

 pastime Mr. Osbaldeston's youthful enter- 

 prise would patronise ; he possessed more 

 lofty aspirations. Three years' practice with 

 harriers was sufficient to give him a true 

 appreciation of the hunting instincts, inse- 

 parable from perfection in a pack of hounds, 

 and it is worthy of remark that a great 

 number of the most distinguished huntsmen 

 have entered to hare. It was rather cur- 

 rently conceived, when in the zenith of his 



