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them forty years ago, when several hounds in 

 the pack were in that way bred. One of 

 these, called Whynot, was a most extraordinary 

 creature, and was doomed to carry a belt of 

 shot round her neck to prevent her out-pacing 

 her companions, and this she carried for years. 

 She was walked at Haughton, and on one 

 occasion produced a litter of sixteen puppies. 

 Monitor was another, also Wishful ; and Dash- 

 away, take him all in all, was as good a hound 

 as a man could wish to follow. He was the 

 sire of a litter of nine which all turned out 

 clippers ; their dam, whose name I cannot 

 ascertain, rendered herself notorious for speed 

 — she viewed a hare, and fairly coursed her 

 down in a large field. 



A cross was afterwards introduced, with 

 some hounds, the greater portion of which 

 were broken-haired, which were occasionally 

 brought into the country from Wales by Mr. 

 Jones, of Maesmoor, but I much doubt 

 whether any benefit was derived from this 

 strain : certainly not as regards symmetry and 

 colour ; some of them to this day may be 

 recognised by traces of blue mottle. There 

 are evidently two families of the black-and- 

 tans. 



