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to the year 1865, the hounds were kept altogether by 

 the Messrs. Beamish. In 1865, they became a club 

 pack, and have continued so since. The present 

 huntsman, Mr. John Beamish, has hunted them since 

 that date, and of late he has been assisted by his 

 younger brother, Mr. Richard Beamish, as occasion 

 required. 



The hounds were originally all of Irish blood, 

 but since they became a club pack a mixture of Eng- 

 lish was introduced, hounds being got from the Duke 

 of Beaufort's pack, the Quorn and the Brocklesby, in 

 England, and from the Muskerries, the Duhallows, 

 the Curraghmore, the United Hunt (late Lord 

 Shannon's), and Mr. T. G. Waters's pack in Ire- 

 land. There are still some grizzled hounds of the 

 old Irish blood among them, and in hard running they 

 still lead the pack. Some of the dogs are twenty- 

 five inches high, and the average twenty-four. There 

 are at present twenty couple in the kennel — originally, 

 as stated above, they hunted foxes and hares, but for 

 some years back, the club having stocked the country, 

 they hunt only foxes. 



Cashelmore, where the kennels are, is situated at 

 the western side of the hill that bears its name. It is 

 about four miles to the west of Bandon, a borough- 

 town in the county of Cork. On the top of the hill 

 is a building of dry stone, with steps up to it. It was 

 erected, in the year 1857, by the present M. F. H., 

 and a neighbouring proprietor, Mr. Zachariah Cornock 

 Hawkes. Mr. Hawkes has been dead for some time. 

 He was a highly scientific man and great antiquarian, 

 possessing a vast collection of old Roman and other 

 coins, and other such articles of vertu. The date, 



