[93] 



with hounds, they were turned out for 

 twelve months, and then taken into the 

 hunting stable, to supply the place of the 

 old worn out horses, which time had inca- 

 pacitated for active service. 



This great sportsman had in consequence 

 a stud of very superior hunters. I cannot 

 say I admired his hounds in kennel; it 

 was nothing but " Trojan," " Trojan," 

 " Trojan." We always drank, at his hos- 

 pitable mansion at Sundorn, " to the blood 

 of old Trojan," and yet he did not even 

 know how this famous hound was bred. I 

 was informed he was a stray hound, that 

 either joined the pack hunting, or else came 

 to the kennel by accident. I liked the 

 appearance of Sir Richard Puleston's 

 hounds better than those of his father-in- 

 law, Mr. Corbet ; they were a powerful 

 pack, with a great deal of bone, and very 

 clever. Mr. Corbet himself was extremely 

 popular in Warwickshire, and gave ge- 



