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blowing when we found. The manager was 

 also a good deal annoyed by a hound 

 named " Thunder," a great favourite in the 

 hunt, before he had the management of 

 the hounds ; and to do him justice, he was 

 a good finder, steady from hare ; and when 

 he threw his tongue, (which he was very 

 free with,) it was so singular a one, the 

 whole neighbourhood knew it, — and he was 

 a most determined skirter. Now, in the 

 country alluded to, there is a long suc- 

 cession of small coverts, and a fox generally 

 visited them. " Thunder " had a trick of 

 going alone from one covert to another 

 down wind, after the hounds found, and of 

 throwing his tongue either on the hunted 

 fox or a fresh one ; and at most of these 

 little coverts there was a shirting rider, 

 who, the moment he heard " Thunder's " 

 voice, began hallooing and cheering him ; 

 so that very often it was nothing but 

 " hark to Thunder" the whole day through. 



