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such a long service, when age and those 

 unfortunate infirmities which flesh is heir to 

 rendered his retirement imperative, he was 

 succeeded by William Goodall, who had 

 acted as his whipper-in five seasons, and he 

 continued as huntsman till he was called to 

 that state " from which no traveller returns," 

 in 1859. His last hours were kindly solaced 

 by frequent visits from the Duke of Rutland, 

 who generously added graceful soothments 

 to his departing spirit, by assuring him that 

 his family should be provided for, a promise 

 which has been most liberally carried into 

 effect. James Cooper, who though born in 

 Scotland is of English parentage, commenced 

 his studies of the venatic art with a pack of 

 harriers kept by Mr. Urquhart at Mildrum, 

 in Aberdeenshire. To steady him from hare, 

 he had five seasons' tuition under merry John 

 Walker with the Fife, after which an engage- 

 ment with the Burton and another with the 

 Brocklesby introduced him into the truly 

 sporting county of Lincoln, when he came 

 to Belvoir as first whip to Goodall, at 

 whose death he was appointed huntsman. 

 With the precepts of such talented professors 

 he has had every opportunity of becoming a 



