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Norton, and stabling to a great extent can 

 be obtained at Mr. Biggerstaif's, whose love 

 of horses prompts him to combine his wool- 

 stapling speculations with ample and com- 

 plete accommodation for hunters ; and if any 

 of his well-finished boxes are not tenanted 

 by visitors' horses they are generally filled 

 with his own, which are all of high preten- 

 sions. Still there is the all-powerful attrac- 

 tion, a very first-rate pack of hounds; and 

 to hear Jem Hills' cheer, when they first 

 find their fox, and his still more exciting and 

 inimitable halloo, when he breaks away, is 

 worth riding any distance to enjoy. 



I do not believe any packs of hounds have 

 this year, up to Christmas, 1862, had to 

 boast of great sport, not, indeed, an average ; 

 but these have experienced more than most 

 others. In the early days of the season they 

 had a capital day's sport from Eyeford. 

 After drawing those favourite coverts with- 

 out a challenge they adjourned to Slaughter 

 Copse, where, finding, they ran merrily over 

 the hill, leaving Eyeford House on the left 

 to Slaughter Village, and, with grass all the 

 distance to Slaughter Copse, away again for 

 Swell Bowl, up the hill to Stow-on-the-Wold, 



