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circumstance, they put their noses down, 

 and to my amazement, hunted in the most 

 correct and superior style, as much so, as 

 if their followers had behaved according to 

 rule, and every thing had been done quietly. 

 With regard to the actual setting to 

 work, the sooner you can commence Cub- 

 hunting the better, and the steadier your 

 pack will afterwards be. A friend of mine, 

 an excellent sportsman, for want of Foxes 

 in his woodlands, cannot begin before the 

 end of September, or the beginning of 

 October; but by great attention and per- 

 severance through the summer, he has his 

 pack steady ; and what makes it the more 

 meritorious, he is always obliged to enter 

 a great number of young hounds, the Fo- 

 rest laming so many every season. Not- 

 withstanding all these disadvantages, his 

 hounds are capital and very effective. His 

 Bitch pack is most elegant, ,and what is of 

 more consequence, they are perfect at their 



