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A GUIDE TO THE 



man who hunts it. The farmers are_, to a man, not only pre- 

 servers of foxes, in the common meaning of the phrase, but 

 they go beyond that ; for they will not have a fox killed, even 

 with homids, if they can any way save his life/^ This is verily 

 the case with an enthusiastic and well-known member of Mr. 

 Trelawny^s hunt, in Devonshire. " Will Derry'^ was, for 

 some years, with Mr. Musters, in Northamptoushire, and 

 afterwards hunted the Pytchley under Lord Chesterfield. 



Sir Tatton Sykes^ blood has ranked high for many years, 

 and is very generally diffused amongst the most fashionable 

 kennels in England. He has resorted principally to the 

 Duke of Cleveland, to Lord Fitzwilliam, and to Mr. Ralph 

 Lambton, for his crosses, and has displayed the utmost j udg- 

 ment and knowledge in the due proportions of a foxhound. 

 Nimrod thus speaks of them, 25 years ago : '^ I was very much 

 pleased with Sir Tatton^s hounds. They show a great deal 

 of breeding ; are fast, but very close workers ; of a most de- 

 sirable size, and quite the sort of hound for Leicestershire.^' 

 The Yorkshire Wolds, over which Sir Tatton hunts, ''^ge- 

 nerally hold a good scent, and are enclosed and cultivated 



