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partial to his own sort, many valuable 

 Hounds from Lord Egremont's pack were 

 draughted ; they were capital hunters, and 

 turned with a scent as quick as the animal 

 they hunted ; no hounds were stouter, or 

 better equal to a second Fox. The " Jum- 

 pers," the " Sampsons," the " Dromo's," 

 the " Ledger's," all capital ; so much so, 

 that when they were presented to His 

 Majesty to hunt Deer, I thought it a great 

 loss to the sporting world. Mr. Warde, 

 who of course is very justly partial to his 

 own sort, had never any objection to breed- 

 ing from the Beaufort " Justice," and he is 

 of Lord Egremont's blood, got by the New 

 Forest Justice, and Justice by Mr. Gilbert's 

 Jasper, and Jasper was bred by Lord Egre- 

 mont. It is almost impossible for me, who 

 have been so many years vegetating on the 

 Continent, to know the best blood now 

 going, except from a chance List which 

 may occasionally be sent me. The Yar- 



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