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At the rear of the kennels, or the front of them, 

 if you chose to call it so, is the huntsman's house, 

 which his lordship has lately added to considerably 

 (as Duke and his wife are remarkably good subjects to 

 the Queen, and have added to the population some 

 eight or ten children). Nothing can exceed the com- 

 fort and design of all. It requires only to be seen to 

 be appreciated. The kennels contain from fifty 

 to sixty couple of entered hounds, and about twenty or 

 thirty couple are put forward yearly — the drafts being 

 Duke's perquisites, and are bespoken years beforehand. 



Lady Catherine Beresford got erected a cone- 

 shaped house in oneofthepleasure-grounds, the inside 

 of which she covered, in the most beautifully-arranged 

 designs, with shells of all kinds. It took her a great 

 many years to complete the task, all of which she did 

 with her own hands, and finished in 165 1. In the 

 centre of it is now a white marble statue of her ladyship. 

 On a hot day in summer a visit to this grotto, as I may 

 call it, is most enjoyable, as the cool air is delicious, 

 and an hour or two can be agreeably spent in it, ad- 

 miring the handiwork and taste displayed by the lady, 

 particularly if you have a lady companion with you 

 at the time. 



The little churchyard on the top of Clonegam hill 

 is the resting-place of the dead worthies of the house 

 of Beresford for many generations. In it are also laid 

 the members of the Medlycott and other families of 

 distinction. Inside the little church are magnificent 

 full-length marble figures of Lords Henry and John, 

 the third and fourth Marquises, and in a niche, ex- 

 pressly cut out for the purpose, the finest work 

 ever executed by the celebrated Boepm is laid. It is 



