1845.] OF HAMPSHIRE. 185 



Mr. King, before coming into Hants, lived 

 at Fowelscombe, about four miles from Ivy 

 Bridge, and kept a famous pack of harriers, 

 which he sold to Mr. H. F. Yeatman of Stock 

 House, Sherborne. Mr. King also had fox- 

 hounds in Devon, and, with his friend Mr. 

 John Bulteel, hunted the country between 

 Exeter and Plymouth. Mr. King was a 

 thorough good sportsman, and up to every- 

 thing ; he was a good fisherman, a good shot, 

 and a particularly keen otter-hunter. 



Mr. King hunted nothing but bitches; he 

 had a big and a little pack : the former stand- 

 ing from twenty-two to twenty-three inches, 

 the latter twenty-one. They were very even, 

 and when at their best pace might have been 

 covered with a sheet. When Mr. King retired 

 in 1841, he placed in his successor's hand fifty- 

 five couple of as fine hounds as ever entered a 

 covert. Mr. King hunted the hounds hmself 



John Squires, who came from Mr> KhK „' s 

 Devonshire with him, was his first servants - 

 whip ; Joe Peckham, from the N. F. H., and 

 Will Wheeler were, during his management, 

 his other whips, both under Squires. 



Squires began hunting at nine Johll 

 years old with Mr. George Templer S( i uires - 

 of Stover, Devon, and lived with him seven 

 seasons; then went to Mr. Bulteel of Ply- 



