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sent to Mr. Stubbs, where they recovered. 

 I well remember a hound called Anchorite 

 beino' drafted from the Albrio-hton in conse- 

 qiience of this painful malady, and on being 

 removed to Mr. Stubbs's he became sound. 

 Lord Gifford had him afterwards in the Vale 

 of White Horse, and he was out on one of 

 the most punishing days for hounds I ever 

 saw. There is no doubt that hounds suffer- 

 ing from kennel lameness may be restored by 

 removing them to sound kennels. 



The present pack consists of thirty-three 

 and a half couples of hounds; ten couples 

 were entered last year, nearly all of which 

 were bred by Mr. Sitwell. It is a very 

 unusual thing to find so many as three 

 couples of hounds all of one litter in the 

 column of six season hunters, but such is 

 the case, and it speaks plainly to their 

 goodness. Waspish being engaged on ma- 

 ternal duties I did not see; the others are 

 Warrior, Woodbine, Wildboy, Watchman, 

 and Welcome, the three last the most worthy 

 of notice. They are descended from Harold, 

 a son of Lord Gifford's Grasper and his 

 Hornet, and Wanton, a daughter of the 

 North Staffordshire Wildboy and Delicate. 



