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and Gaiety, although brother and sister, are 

 not of the same litter. Ferryman is by Nathan 

 and Fanciful, and has very clever representa- 

 tives in Waspish, Welcome, and Whirlwind, 

 descended from Wakeful, in their third season. 

 Middleton, who traces back to Rocket, one of 

 the first inmates of these kennels from Earl 

 Ducie's pack, is a son of Pilgrim and Mindful; 

 Pilgrim, by the Badminton Fleecer, or, more 

 correctly, Mr. Morrell's Fleecer, as he was 

 bred by that gentleman from the Berkeley 

 Furrier and his own Heroine, and included in 

 a lot which the Duke of Beaufort purchased 

 at the Tubney sale. Middleton is the sire of 

 several very useful hounds in their second and 

 third seasons. Ranger, a four season hunter, 

 possesses the fine symmetry of his sire, Harle- 

 quin. Murmurer, a year his senior, a son of 

 Mercury and Heedless, on short, good legs, 

 will proclaim his pretensions as a progenitor 

 in the entry of next season. Modish, a won- 

 derfully handsome hare-pied matron, des- 

 cended from Mercury. Affable, having had 

 for her lover the Brocklesby Fairplay, is well 

 represented by Famous, Flourish, Foreman, 

 and Forester. Factor, a young hound, en- 

 tered this season, takes my fancy immensely. 



