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lie did not drop the bird — was not that a very 

 unusual thing ? Mr. Smith replied, '' No, not 

 at all ; keepers -will say anything ; but I would 

 not believe it if I had seen it myself;" thus 

 leaving his friend to form his own opinion. 



After residing two years at Exton House, 

 Mr. Smith resigned the Mastership of the 

 Hambledon hounds, and was succeeded by 

 Mr. John King, from Devonshire. 



