AUGUSTUS F. ROSS 179 



Newton side on £300 a year was accepted.* He had 

 a great belief, as some people have, in the beneficial 

 effects of salt water on hounds and used constantly 

 to take the pack down to Paignton for a swim, which, 

 it is said, cost him the loss of a couple of hounds by 

 drowning. But before the time had come to begin 

 cubhunting, the new master vanished. The Newton 

 side accordingly reverted to Mr. Whidborne and Mr. 

 Studd, who put in several days' cubhunting on that 

 side. 



^ S.D.H. Minutes of Meetings. 



