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A GUIDE TO THE 

 STAGHOUNDS. 



SUSSEX. 



FOXHOUNDS. 



Col. Wyndham^s hounds have always borne a high character 

 both for pace and perseverance : the Earl of Egremont bred 

 the original pack, but gave it to the late Duke of Richmond ; 

 a few couples of ^' the best blood/^ however, were kept, and 

 from them are descended the present hounds. Nimrod says, 

 "I was not fortunate enough to see Col. Wyndham^s hounds 

 to advantage, that is, when they find their fox in the open, 

 and run him, up wind, over that trying country. I am 

 assured that the pace on such occasions exceeds anything 

 that I have experienced, I can easily conceive this ; for, 



