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day's experience confirms me in the opinion, 

 that for general purposes of utility, in coun- 

 tries where a combination of those qualities 

 which in some other kennels have been, to a 

 certain degree, overlooked, there are no 

 hounds that surpass them. The list enume- 

 rates forty-six couples, including fifteen and a 

 half couples of this year's entry — a very ample 

 complement for three days a week, and afford- 

 ing a surplus from which many may be drafted 

 to make room for those which will be entered 

 next season. Of these, seven couples are de- 

 scended from Berkeley, four couples and a 

 half from Sir Walter Carew's, the remainder 

 principally from the Belvoir, Burton, War- 

 wickshire, and Lord Portsmouth's kennels. 

 The Herefordshire farmers bred thirteen and 

 a half couples, and I must do them the justice 

 to observe they kept them uncommonly well, 

 each competing with his neighbour who should 

 rear the best hound. 



Alderman, Anodyne, and Andover, in their 

 first season, descended from the Cotswold 

 Albion and Rally, are three very useful 

 hounds. Blue Pill, Bridesmaid, and Benefit 

 — the latter a very smart-looking black and 

 white bitch — are the issue of Roderick and 



