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returned, had had a good run, and killed 

 their fox." 



An eccentric sportsman (Old Land), who 

 formerly kept some hounds adjoining what 

 was the then Duke of Richmond's hunt, 

 always met at break of day, that he might 

 find his fox by the drag of him. He often 

 threw off at his kennel, it being no great 

 distance from large woodlands on either 

 side. Foxes will sometimes prowl about a 

 kennel at night, probably attracted by the 

 smell of horse-flesh, &c. ; and the hoimds 

 frequently hit upon the drag of one imme- 

 diately. It is told of this radical sports- 

 man, (who often bivouacked the night be- 

 fore under the covert he was to meet at 

 the next morning, if at any great distance 

 from home,) that he was in the constant 

 habit of disturbing the Duke's country, and 

 drawing his best coverts, if he could not 

 find elsewhere. On one occasion, the Duke 

 sent a messenger, requesting him to for- 



