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obtain good noses and working qualities. 

 Since I last saw them, four years ago, they 

 are certainly improved in their appearance, 

 being shorter on the leg, and with quite as 

 much bone as is compatible with activity. To 

 Hills is due all the credit, as he has exercised 

 his own judgment, uninfluenced from the first. 

 It is not the pack only that is entrusted to 

 his care, but also the horses, of which there 

 are fifteen or sixteen very useful animals : 

 indeed the whole of the establishment is under 

 his supervision. 



The kennels at Heythrop, which were 

 in use for many years, were only erected 

 with a view to temporary accommodation for 

 the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds when they 

 paid their accustomed visits, and they were 

 very unhealthy. Some four years ago new 

 ones were erected about a mile from Chip- 

 ping Norton on the left of the road to More- 

 ton -in -the -Marsh, and they possess every 

 necessary convenience. There are many 

 allurements to this neighbourhood, especially 

 for those who prefer a quiet winter's sport 

 without encountering the costly expenditure 

 and revelling in the gaieties of more populous 

 hunts. There is a good hotel at Chipping 



