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names you give them ; some prefer words of 

 three syllables, others two-, the latter are 

 thought to be the easiest to halloo to. The 

 dog hounds are generally named from he- 

 roes, ancient and modern, and there is 

 scarcely a pack in the kingdom that does 

 not boast its Wellington. As to the colour 

 of hounds, I was always partial to the 

 badger pied ones, or indeed any except yel- 

 low, till the descendants of the Beaufort 

 " Justice" put me in conceit with even that 

 colour. And you will allow when hounds 

 are going well together over a country, no 

 one pays any attention to their colour. The 

 dress of yourself or servants is of little con- 

 quence, whether pink, yellow, or blue and 

 buff: Charlemagne says " it is not the dress 

 of a man I look to, but his actions." 



Should you happen to keep hounds at no 

 great distance from London, you will find 

 many of the inhabitants of that capital (cock- 

 neys if you please), good sportsmen, well 



