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elude, whosoever had his hounds must have 

 had the oldest in the kingdom. 



Since writing the above, I have received 

 the following information. Lord Yarbo- 

 rough's hounds have been kept in a straight 

 line since the year 1700 certain; but they 

 think consider 'ably longer, (more than 120 

 years.) The present Smith, Lord Y.'s hunts- 

 man, his father, and his grandfather, have 

 hunted the hounds in succession "from 

 generation to generation!' The father of 

 the present Smith hunted them fifty-five 

 years without interruption. 



The Hertfordshire (Mr. Hanbury's) lay 

 claim to considerable antiquity, with justice, 

 — as an earth-stopper has lately proved his 

 grandfather's employment with the pack, 

 then Mr. Calvert's, so far back as 1727. 



In answer to your observation, that the 

 pack of hounds that kill the greatest num- 

 ber of foxes are considered the best, I 

 acknowledge they are, if you make a fair 

 calculation of the number of days they 



