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from it. I had killed a cub early, and it 

 being a good scenting morning, I allowed 

 the hounds to try for another ; we unfor- 

 tunately found an old fox, and as he did 

 not attempt " to break" we fancied it was 

 a cub. The hounds ran him well for two 

 hours, and I expected every moment they 

 would kill him; being over anxious, we 

 were not aware the day was getting warm. 

 The hounds at last killed their fox ; but I 

 lost three valuable dogs, which died in 

 convulsions, in consequence of their great 

 exertions; they were three dog-hounds 

 that I prized very highly, bred by Lord 

 Althorp, and got by the Duke of Beaufort's 

 " Justice," which made me regret their loss 

 the more. I must own, this unfortunate 

 circumstance caused me ever afterwards to 

 pay double attention to that most material 

 point, condition. 



A pack of fox-hounds formerly was quite 

 a different thing to what it is now-a-days ; 



