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very superior pack, it owes its origin to rather a wild stock, 

 having been grafted many years ago by the late Mr. John C. 

 Bulteel, on a pack of very killing hounds, kept by Mr. Pode, 

 of Slade Hall, a good sportsman of the old school, and hunted 

 by John Roberts : but we doubt very much if one drop of the 

 old leaven could be traced in the present kennels. They 

 have a few, and a very few, good meets ; but among these an 

 occasional fox is found that compensates for the trouble and 

 disappointment of ten seasons. Mr. Trelawny's " field^^ is a 

 small one^ but it consists of as staunch and thorough-going 

 fox-hunters as live. 



Mr. Russell has hunted the North of Devon with great 

 success and perseverance for more than 30 years. Foxes are 

 very plentiful, and his popularity as a Master of Hounds is 

 unbounded. Lord Poltimore, Mr. Knig^lt, of Exmoor, and 

 Sir Arthur Chichester give him their cordial support, and a 

 man had better turn highwayman than murder a fox in Mr. 

 RusselFs country. There is a Club at South Molton_, where 

 the members of several diifferent hunts meet for a fortnight, 

 in the autumn and spring of each season, and hunt every 

 day. 



