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no flattery can reach him. It is only a just 

 tribute to his memory to say, and to which I 

 am certain every sportsman and every indi- 

 vidual in the Heythrop country will respond, 

 that he possessed every good quality a country 

 gentleman could possess. In the spring of 

 the past year ill health compelled Mr. Hall to 

 relinquish his trust, when Colonel Thomas, 

 who had astonished the Turks with a pack of 

 foxhounds during the Crimean war, was ap- 

 pointed as his successor. At the conclusion 

 of one brief season this arrangement termi- 

 nated, and, greatly to the delight of all who 

 are interested. Lord Redesdale has again 

 undertaken the responsibilities he so ably con- 

 ducted before. 



I must now try back to Jem Hills and the 

 the hounds, and although the latter are ac- 

 customed to take precedence in the field, I 

 think the huntsman may be entitled to that 

 compliment on paper. His career has been 

 an eventful and fortuitous one, affording a 

 pleasing example of what may be effected by 

 integrity of purpose and steady conduct. At 

 the early age of ten he was turned adrift 

 upon the world to seek his fortune, with 

 nothing more to ensure his advancement than 



