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ing a strong resemblance to Mr. Drake's 

 Lucifer, is a hound of great power, but his 

 brother possesses more elegance. Harbinger 

 (not the sire of Herod), a fine sagacious- 

 looking black and white hound, comes of 

 excellent parentage, his sire Hardwick having 

 no less than ten couples and a half of his 

 produce at work. Orpheus, straight and good- 

 looking, is from Ottoman and Blithsome. 

 Forester, with all the good attributes of a 

 foxhound, on short and capital legs, with 

 plenty of bone, a capital colour, rich black, 

 white, and tan, is a son of Foreman and 

 Spinster. Hero, one of the numerous family 

 of the Hardwicks, is, perhaps a little light 

 of bone, but his rare working properties 

 render him an especial favourite. Hercules, 

 another son of Hardwick and Wanton, on 

 his first appearance gives the idea of being 

 a nice smart-looking hound, but he is one 

 of that stamp the more you look him over 

 the better you like him. Marlpot, son 

 of Marlpot and Bounty, tick marked, has 

 famous loins, and is a very useful class 

 of hound. Marmion, in whom we find 

 Marlpot again as his sire and Ruin as his 

 dam, is a grandson, through Ruin, of Lord 



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