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Mr. Nunez gave up the hounds in 1821, 

 when Sir Bellingham Graham succeeded him. 

 On Mr. Powlett-Powlett giving up 

 Powiettfrom * ne Hambledon country, from his 

 lm?™' residence at Lainston House, he 

 hunted the country north and east 

 of that place, drawing Norwood, Phillip's 

 Heath, Speery Well, East and West Tytherley, 

 Wherwell Wood, and all the country nearly 

 to Clarendon Park, and as far north as Clat- 

 ford; and he continued to do so until his 

 death, in 1821. 



1S1 7 " A ball and supper was given at 



h. h. bache- the Swan Inn, Alresforcl, bv the 



lors' ball. ' ' J 



Waltzing. bachelors of the H. H. to a party of 

 March cth. a i lun d re d and fifty fashionables in 

 the neighbourhood. The room was appro- 

 priately chalked, decorated, and illuminated. 

 The ball was opened by Lord Rodney and 

 Lady Isabella Douglas, and, in the course of 

 the evening, waltzing was introduced, which 

 continued until supper was served. It was 

 afterwards resumed, and kept up with spirit 

 until six o'clock." — From the Hants Chronicle. 

 It is amusing to read the opinions of the 

 press of the time about waltzing, which had 

 only just been introduced in England. A 

 writer in the Sporting Magazine of 1819 says: 



