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most fashionable kennels. So great was the 

 estimation which this good hound gained, that 

 he was buried in the kennel court at Quorn, 

 with the following significant epitaph : — 



TO THE MEMORY OF TARQUJN, 



WHO DIED A.D. 1818. 



" Beneath this stone my favourite foxhound lies, 

 Stop, all ye sjiortsmen, here and wipe your eyes ; 

 Though not the only favourite of the pack, 

 From him no false alarm, or in his duty slack." 



True enough, he was " not the only favourite 

 of the pack," Joker, Jovial, and Jason, 

 Joker's son, were in great estimation as sires, 

 as well as others ; and the dashing, daring 

 spirit which Mr. Osbaldeston displayed in- 

 voked feelings of wonder and admiration not 

 previously felt in the Burton country. The 

 foxes were wild, and stood a deal of pressing 

 ere the brave pack could tear their jackets, 

 and they were ferocious, too, as reports 

 declare that fat pigs fell victims to their 

 rapacious jaws; not that I vouch for the 

 fact, but I tell the tale as it was told to me. 

 It was in this country, somewhere about the 

 second season of Mr. Osbaldeston's occupa- 

 tion of it, that Captain White, after a univer- 

 sity introduction with the Duke of Beaufort's 



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