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not to be expected that either he could act as 

 huntsman, or the hounds obey him as such 

 at a few days' notice. However, they went out 

 a few times; but he did not long hold the 

 post, for on being found fault with by an in- 

 fluential member of the Hunt for making too 

 much use of his horn, he forgot himself so 

 much that his instant dismissal ensued. Cox 

 was now sufficiently recovered to resume his 

 old place, but as they now wanted a whip, it 

 is not surprising that the Vine had an indif- 

 ferent season. 



In 1846, Mr. George A. E. Wall ls ^ 

 of King's Worthy, bought the Isle of harriers. 

 Wight harriers from Mr. Harvey, near New- 

 port, and took them into Worcestershire, 

 where he hunted an extensive country round 

 Worcester for two seasons. He now brought 

 them into Hants to Worthy, and hunted the 

 country which was previously Mr. Richard 

 Bailey's. George Davis, from the Worcester- 

 shire fox-hounds, was his whip. Mr. Wall 

 hunted his pack himself, three days a week. 



On January 19th, meeting at ^ , 



^ 7 c? Run from 



Crambourne Clump, he found a hare Cranboume 

 in the plantation, which went by 

 Hunton osier-beds, over Hunton Farm to 

 Weston, then to Stoke Charity, over the rail- 

 road to Stratton Lodge, and into Micheldever 



