PART I. 



BEDFORDSHIRE. 



FOXHOUNDS. 



The ensuing will be Major Hogg's first season as Master 

 of the Oakley. We can rather congratulate him on the 

 character of his hounds than on the quality of his country, 

 which is principally '' plough/' and little famed for holding 

 a good scent ; however, perseverance will, we trust, carry the 

 gallant Major as successfully through a fox-campaign as it 

 did when he rattled the jackals with a pack of Enghsh fox- 

 hounds through the wilds of Kaffir land, with Mr. Arkwright 

 for his first whip. The Oakley is particularly well horsed 

 for the ensuing season. 



