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in the Emerald Isle with the Kildare Fox- 

 hounds, but returned to his native land to 

 do duty eight seasons for that steady good 

 sportsman the late Colonel Sumner, in 

 Surrey. One year terminated his engage- 

 ment with the Burton Hounds, after which 

 he entered the service of the late Earl 

 Yarborough as first whipper-in, where he 

 doubled the period of his previous employ- 

 ment. He was then promoted by Colonel 

 Sumner as huntsman to the pack with which 

 he had so long been whipper-in, and after 

 four seasons' experience of the responsibilities 

 appertaining to his calling in that depart- 

 ment, he entered into his present engagement, 

 which terminated at the end of the first year, 

 when he was succeeded by William Smith, 

 as previously mentioned. 



The sociabilities and kindly feelings that 

 exist among the members of the Brocklesby 

 Hunt have been long known to fame and 

 highly eulogised in all hunting circles how- 

 ever distant; but great as my anticipations 

 were, they were much exceeded by the 

 realities. Hospitalities, too, are offered with 

 no sparing hand; they emanate at Brocklesby 

 Hall, and flow freely through every house on 



