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A GUIDE TO THE 



Mr. Pippin is a keen sportsman, and highly esteemed by 

 the stag and foxhunters of that country for the straight- 

 forward manner in which he has managed the Dulverton 

 harriers, without giving offence to any party. They are small, 

 thorough-bred harriers ; and the Dulverton, Winsford, and 

 Hawkridge Commons are beautifully wild, and most favour- 

 able for hunting. 



NAME OF COUNTRY 

 OR HOUNDS. 



The Ashton. 



MASTER. 



Sir John Smith. 



HUNTSMAN. 



Zach. Young. 



DAYS OF 

 HUNTING. 



No fixed days, 



Favourite Fixtures.— The country from Lee Woods to Dundry; 

 and towards Clevedon, near Chfton. 



The kennels are at Long-Ashton, where hounds have been 

 kept for a great many years by the present Baronet, and by 

 his predecessor, the late Sir Hugh Smith. It is a wonderful 

 fact, that when Sir Hugh bought Mr. Davies' pack, about 

 the year 1818, a hound called " Granby" escaped from the 

 kennels at Long-Ashton, which is on the Somerset side of 

 the river Avon, and returned in less than a week to Ty-isha, 

 Mr. Davies' house, near Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire : the 

 hounds had been conveyed in a vessel across the Bristol 

 Channel, a distance of 40 miles by water ; and the hound 

 '^ Granby,^^ in returning, must have travelled far above a hun- 

 dred miles, first having to cross the Avon, a tide river ; then to 

 reach Glo'ster bridge (up the Severn and in quite a contrary di- 



