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mond at the time his Lordship gave the 

 Duke his Pack, and consequently having fre- 

 quent opportunities of witnessing their 

 merits. At the time Lord Egremont parted 

 with his Hounds, they were hunted by Luke 

 Freeman, I believe a Durham man, at least 

 he spoke the patois of that country. How- 

 ever, come from what part of the kingdom 

 he might, few men brought into the field 

 a more perfect pack of hounds ; and a 

 proof of his entire devotion to his calling, 

 and the little value in which he held all 

 other pursuits, was afforded by the advice 

 which he emphatically gave to one of the 

 sons, then a boy, of his noble master, 

 the course of whose education necessarily 

 interfered with his hunting, " Stoody ! — 

 Stoody ! — Stoody ! — always stoodying at 

 they books — take I say my advice, Sir, and 

 stoody Foox-hunting." Indeed he gave his 

 whole body and mind to it, and famously 

 he succeeded, as all the country round could 



