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good no longer tlian it remains nndispnted. 

 Should the Duke of Eutland part with his fox- 

 hounds, Sir Gilbert Heathcote may hunt the 

 country; but should the Duke, or any other 

 gentleman in that neighbourhood, claim the 

 country with the consent of the proprietors, 

 Sii^ Gilbert must return from whence he came. 

 ^' You ask if the purchase of a pack of 

 hounds can establish a right? Most certainly 

 not. The hounds are movable at the will of 

 the pui'chaser, and may be carried into a dis- 

 tant country; consequently there can be no 

 inherent right in them iclien so removed, 

 When Mr. Blair disposed of his fox-hounds 

 to Lord Craven, they were removed into Berk- 

 shire, and I took possession of the country. 



'' Covers must be regularly hunted to es- 

 tablish an exclusive right. Mr. Farquharson 

 has bought Mr. W}Tidliam's hounds, and may 

 hunt that country. But since the hounds 

 have been removed into a distant and distinct 

 country, in consequence of which none of the 



