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pardon ; and his connexions and luck of 

 quarters when in the army, gave him an im- 

 mense advantage in prosecuting his sporting 

 propensities not only in England, but in India 

 and other parts of the world ; he was full of 

 anecdote as he was of experience in all that 

 relates to the chequered concomitants of a 

 sportsman's life. Although a free liver in hot 

 and cold climates, he never was known to have 

 an illness before his last fall, hardly ever was 

 known to have taken such a thing as a dose of 

 physic, and to the day of his death his hair 

 more resembled that of a boy's than that of an 

 old man of eighty, for there was scarcely a 

 white hair to be found in his head." 

 " I went over on Friday, February 

 the 25th, to Sir John Cope's, at sir John 

 Bramshill, as I wished particularly 

 to have a look at his pack, which I had not 

 done for several years. The strength of the 

 kennels is forty couple and a half, hunting 

 three days a week. By looking at the pedigree, 

 I saw that they were getting a good deal into 

 Mr. Drake's blood, which Shirley informed 

 me they obtained in the following manner : 

 Fort wo years Mr. Drake had bred too many 

 whelps for the quarter which he could com- 

 mand, and having nearly twenty couple ready 



