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management of a pack of fox-hounds is 

 conducted in rather a different manner to 

 what it is with us. The neighbourhood of 

 Usk, in Monmouthshire, I believe, has 

 claimed, almost from time immemorial, a 

 very excellent pack ; and the attention paid 

 to the breeding, and the judgment shown 

 in the field, have reflected equal honour on 

 the possessors. The persevering style in 

 which this indefatigable pack stick to their 

 fox, through those truly " awful woods" de- 

 nominated " Wert- Wood "(in comparison of 

 which, a friend of mine fancied even the 

 " Foret d Orleans " would appears mall,) is 

 actually beyond all praise. When such strict 

 attention is invariably paid to the main and 

 essential points in an establishment, we 

 willingly pass over the more trifling pecu- 

 liarities or omissions, which prejudice or 

 chance so long may have encouraged ; and 

 he indeed must be extremely prone to cavil, 

 who seriously objected to these hounds, 



