HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 



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ESSEX. 



FOXHOUNDS. 



Too mucli cannot be said in praise of Mr. Conyers as a 

 sound practical sportsman. The whole extent of his country- 

 consists of ^'plough," and the Roothings, which compre- 

 hends eight parishes_, may be said to be by far the best part 

 of it. His hounds are of a superior stamp^ about sixty couple 

 (not perhaps as even as they might be), and are derived from 

 the old Lonsdale blood. Of late years Mr. Conyers has 

 resorted to Sir Tatton Sykes for his draughts. Mr. Conyers 

 has had them about thirty years, and, during that period, has 

 managed to shew a vast deal of sport. 



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