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I ever had, although a good sportsman, was 

 at the verv time I was in the greatest need 

 of a good one. I was commencing making a 

 pack from draughts (not an easy task I can 

 assure you) ; we were going on as well as 

 we could possibly expect ; the hounds were 

 getting handy, and to know each other, and 

 we were beginning to place some confidence 

 in them ; but what was of the greatest con- 

 sequence, they had got into blood, and we 

 fixed to meet at a good covert likely for a 

 run. The hounds immediately found, and 

 were going away well with their fox, when 

 my malevolent fellow stopped them, and 

 halloo'd them on to hare : but, unfortu- 

 nately for him, a friend of mine saw the 

 whole transaction, informed me of it, and I 

 of course turned my man away. He owned 

 afterwards he did it to spite some gentle- 

 men who were out, and were anxious to 

 have a run, because they did not " cap " for 

 him the day before, after killing a fox with 



