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that it was practicable to make hounds suf- 

 ficiently steady to hunt nothing but a fox- 

 scent ; they fancy if a pack were to enter 

 a covert, they would destroy every living 

 animal in it. 



As a proof of what I have stated, I had 

 about ten couples of old fox-hounds sent 

 to me from a friend in England, to forward 

 to a gentleman who was in Paris. As 

 they were not sent for immediately after 

 their arrival, I thought I would endeavour 

 to kill a French fox with them. I requested 

 permission of several owners of coverts to 

 hunt but was refused, on account of the 

 hares and rabbits, which they said the 

 hounds would kill ; I however got permis- 

 sion of the Duke de Albufera, (Suchet), at 

 Tankerville ; our turn out was not very 

 splendid, I was mounted on a Norman 

 mare, and borrowed a cow's horn from a 



farmer ; Mr. A and Mr. C- • were 



my whipper's-in. At the covert we were 



