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nel door, tliough tlie Squire himself only 

 acknowledges to thirty-four, and a good 

 share that. 



On his resignation of the Burton Hunt 

 Mr. Osbaldeston took his hounds to Thur- 

 garton, in Mr. Musters' country, but did not 

 continue over one season, after which he 

 entered upon the Atherstone, including with 

 it the Sudbury, country, which gave him an 

 opportunity of augmenting his pack by the 

 purchase of Lord Vernon's, in which there 

 were many gems. A more detailed version 

 will be found in the history of the Atherstone 

 Hunt. He had, too, a taste of the Holder- 

 ness, the Spilsby, the Thurlow, the Hamble- 

 don in Hants, the Quorn, the Alconbury 

 Hill, and the Pytchley, making a total of 

 eleven ; but he only hunted the Spilsby and 

 the Alconbury Hill countries during the two 

 last months of the respective seasons ; the 

 latter by permission of Lord Fitzwilliam. With 

 some of these it is impossible to identify dates; 

 indeed, in several instances, that difficulty is 

 insurmountable, and many most erroneous 

 representations are in circulation concerning 

 the periods of occupation of other countries. 



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