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useful hounds in the pack, like many a worthy 

 member of the human race, requires to be 

 known that his good qualities may be appre- 

 ciated. He boasts of no great beauty, has a 

 coarse coat, but I witnessed so much of his 

 excellence in his work as to pronounce him 

 justly entitled to the honour of leaving some 

 of his descendants who might in due time 

 prove not unworthy of their parentage. He 

 came from the Bramham Moor kennels, and is 

 a son of Streamer and Rarity. Nancy is one 

 of the last of the progeny of the late Mr. T. 

 Assheton Smith's famous hound Nigel, and 

 came from the Worcestershire kennels. She 

 has good looks to recommend her, and from 

 her blood ought to breed some valuable 

 puppies. Grasper, a black and white tan 

 hound, is very good, and is a descendant of 

 the Wheatland Wenlock and Gaiety. Lifter 

 is a son of Mr. Greaves's Pontiff, and this is 

 his third season, of which year he has only 

 five companions ; his colour, approaching to a 

 tan, is objectionable, but he possesses many 

 excellencies to recommend him. Of the two- 

 season hounds there is a goodly family of the 

 Wheatland strain — Dashaway, Duchess, Dili- 

 gent, and Dewdrop, the produce of Hotspur 



