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Yarborough's Rockwood, a smart hound, 

 not of great size. The three matrons, in 

 their seventh season, Friendly, Relish, and 

 Regia, must not be dismissed with ordinary 

 praise. The first is a daughter of Feudal, 

 the second of Lord Yarborough's Rockwood, 

 and the third of Ottoman. Melody, Felix, 

 and Red Rose, are their dams. Friendly 

 took the prize at Yarm, and I think Relish 

 is equally deserving of distinction. They 

 are grand and stately in their appearance, 

 of good rich colour, with superlatively beauti- 

 ful heads, necks, and shoulders, with good 

 loins and thighs, plenty of bone, straight on 

 their legs, and I scarcely know what more I 

 can say in admiration of a foxhound. Mis- 

 chief, in her fifth season, a daughter of 

 Marplot and Pleasant, is very handsome, and 

 a capital worker, distinguishable by her light 

 tongue, which I heard her use most melo- 

 diously. Sprightly, a grey pied bitch, 

 daughter of Sultan and Handmaid, also 

 attracted my notice in her work. Timely, 

 Tulip, and Truelove, do great honour to 

 their sire, Hardwick. The present season's 

 entry includes a very promising litter, Cali- 

 ban, Cruizer, Coaster, and Caroline, possess- 



