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interfere with the steadiness of the hounds, nor make them, 

 in any respect, riotous. Mr. Scotland is a thorough hounds- 

 man ; and though he plumes himself on the character of his 

 pack, which is certainly very good, yet he leans to the more 

 noble game, and has an acquaintance not only with all the 

 packs of foxhounds in Hampshire, but literally, it may be 

 said, with each individual hound composing those packs. 



LANCAS HIRE. 



OTTER-HOUNDS. 



No hounds or man in England understand the habits of 

 the otter better than Mr. Lomax and his hounds. He has 

 killed the amphibious animal from Lancashire to Land^s 



