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rooms, and two smaller ones, with all the neces- 

 sary appurtenances of feeding- room, boiling- 

 house, flesh-house, &c. The funds for the 

 construction of these buildings were supplied 

 by the members of the Warwickshire Hunt. 

 The materials were drawn to the spot by 

 the united efforts of 180 farmers, who col- 

 lectively had at work 553 waggons. The 

 first stone was laid on July 24, and, on 

 October 15, the various apartments were 

 occupied ; hounds, horses, and servants were 

 in their respective quarters. It is doubtful 

 if greater expedition in the construction of 

 buildings was ever practised on any other 

 occasion. What can be more conclusive of 

 the good feeling which the Warwickshire 

 farmers entertain for foxhunting than that 

 they would come forward as they did gra- 

 tuitously at a time, be it remembered, when 

 they were also engaged with their corn 

 harvest ? 



Mr. North's good intentions are steadily 

 and ably carried out by his huntsman, Tom 

 Matthews, by birth a Salopian, descended 

 from a family well known in that county 

 for their sporting and equestrian propensities. 

 Entered to hounds by that prime sportsman, 



