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given by Mr. Croome having been awarded 

 to the farmer who walked him; he has capital 

 shoulders, legs, and feet. In the third season, 

 Forester, a son of Mr. Morrell's Forester and 

 the Cheshire Violet, a useful sort of hound, is 

 in good esteem. Gossip, a very neat bitch, from 

 the Heythrop, took my attention amazingly, 

 and she is bred from a capital sort, their 

 Gamble and Pamela. Rallywood, in his fourth 

 season, I was much pleased with ; perhaps he 

 may be a trifle high on his leg, but there is a 

 vast deal of character about him, and might not 

 disgrace a matron -with contrary conformation 

 and of characteristic family. Stately may, I 

 think, be selected as the belle of the kennel, 

 and is a daughter of Mr. Morrell's celebrated 

 Hercules. 



It is a subject for regret that walks are not 

 more numerous in this prosperous vale, conse- 

 quently it is necessary to purchase young 

 hounds rather extensively every year to fill 

 up the vacancies. The South Oxfordshire, 

 South Berkshire, and Cheshire kennels have 

 usually been resorted to by Mr. Croome for 

 this purpose. 



William Bolton, who was the huntsman at 

 the time I visited the country, commenced as 



