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ran. Three weeks after, I heard of her again 

 from that noted sportsman, Mr. E. Knight of 

 Chawton, and taking the same number of 

 hounds, I found her in Bushy Lees, and ran 

 her at a racing pace for one hour. That good 

 sportsman, Mr. W. Collier (who was especially 

 fond of stag-hunting), was out on that clay, and 

 well he went for an aged man, as he was up at 

 the take. The deer was runnincr anion 2^ some 

 cows, and the huntsman hallooed to a man to 

 open the yard-gate; in another instant she 

 would have left the cows, and we should not 

 have taken her that day, I instantly got off 

 my horse and went into the yard ; the moment 

 I called to her, she instantly came to me, and 

 I had some difficulty in keeping her from 

 treading on my feet. Although she had been 

 absent in a wild state for six months, she fol- 

 lowed me into a pen, and would have followed 

 me home, but I thought it too far. This caused 

 a great degree of wonder to the field, being 

 a thing so uncommon to witness. I now 

 state to vou the different animals 



What the * 



bloodhounds the bloodhounds hunt. 1 often kill 

 fourteen rats a day with them in 

 turnips and hedges, and their cry is equal to 

 their chasing the deer, and with the same 

 energy as when after the stag. Badgers and 



