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bigoted to any particular sort, but sends his 

 bitches to the different Dog-hounds of ce- 

 lebrated packs, all over the kingdom. He 

 informed me if he heard of one that had a 

 particular good nose, and did his work well, 

 he sent a bitch to him. His sending the 

 Duke's famous Brood-bitch, Gladsome, to 

 that celebrated Stallion Hound, Mr. Smith's 

 Collier, was from the report he had heard of 

 his superior abilities in the field. I have 

 lately seen some of the same blood, in the 

 Duke's pack, work through difficulties, and 

 turn very quick with a scent, which proves 

 the advantage of a judicious cross. They 

 could also go a killing pace, and carry an 

 excellent head across a country, without a 

 single hound in the pack being out of his 

 place, although they were over-rode most 

 shamefully, and often deceived by false hal- 

 loos. This must surely be considered suffi- 

 cient to make any hounds wild, at least for 

 the day; but, in spite of every untoward 



