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Everyone should consider that every check 

 operates against the hounds, and that scent 

 is of a fleeting- nature — soon lost, never again 

 to be recovered. 



"Mr. Meynell's hounds had more good 

 runs than any pack of his day. Two very 

 extraordinary ones happened. One was a 

 run of one hour and twenty minutes, and, 

 without a check, killed their fox. The other 

 was t\vo hours and fifty minutes, without a 

 cast, and killed. Mr. Meynell's taste led him 

 to admire large hounds, but his experience 

 convinced him that small ones were generally 

 the stoutest, soundest, and in every respect 

 the most executive." 



It is very clear that Mr. Meynell was 

 gifted with the highest conceptions on mat- 

 ters connected with the noble science, and 

 more than that, he had companions who could 

 appreciate them. 



A diary, too, that was kept during the last 

 ten years of Mr. Meynell's reign, by Thomas 

 Jones, the whipper-in who wore a cork leg, 

 likewise describes many observances and 

 incidents which contributed to raise the 

 fame of the master and his pack. From 

 this source I have discovered that, besides 



