OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 9 



a bad Hound ; it made no difference whether 

 she was put to Mr. Smith's " Saladin," the Beau- 

 fort " Justice," Sir Thomas Mostyn's " Lictor," 

 or any other favourite StalHon, the produce was 

 invariably good ; but the cross with the Duke 

 of Beaufort's " Justice " / preferred : and in my 

 opinion a bitch by " Justice," out of " Demirep," 

 put to Mr. Musters's " Colher," would have pro- 

 duced as good Hounds as are to be found at this 

 time, in any kennel. A bitch I had many years 

 ago also never to my knowledge bred a bad 

 hound ; her name Desperate. She came with a 

 young unentered draught from Sir T. Mostyn's 

 pack, when Mr. Shaw hunted them. She was 

 got by Sir W. Rowley's Darter, out of Mr. Coke 

 of Norfolk's Rally. I once put her to the Ncav 

 Forest Senator, his dam or gran-dam was got 

 by Lord Stamford's Rattler, a famous good sort. 

 I gave a whelp to the late Mr. Pawlet, of Hamp- 

 shire, and when at his kennel, a short time before 

 he gave up his hounds, I observed that I thought 

 that a family likeness of old Symmetry, the name 

 of the bitch I gave him, ran through the kennel. 

 He said " it is very true, half my pack are bred 

 from her and Lord Egremont's sort." I know 

 not if the present owner of this pack has any of 

 the breed, as I could not procure his list. Yet 

 we have our partialities, and I confess I was 



