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foxes turned out, and drags, even as far as man, 

 as I have recovered with them stolen goods 

 from a thief. Water-fowl in sedge I occa- 

 sionally hunt in the meadows for amusement, 

 and sometimes take them. One day I chased 

 a swan for a quarter of a mile in the main river, 

 and to see the hounds swim after him and come 

 again to the bank and rest themselves for a 

 moment, and then gallop away again, was 

 astounding for a sportsman, who would hardly 

 believe such a thing. This shows the breed of 

 the magnificent St. Hubert hound. 



"TLBL" 







A whole volume might be written __ XT __ 



o m Mr. Nevills 



about Mr. Nevill's exploits. His power over 



. animals. 



power over annuals is something ex- 

 traordinary, and he appears to possess the 

 secrets of a charmer. In 1850 he made a 

 fallow deer so tame, that he frequently took it 

 for a gallop when he rode his hounds to 

 exercise, and he would then turn it out before 

 the bloodhounds, all seeming alike to enjoy 

 the fun of the thing, and she invariably ran 

 straight home, and joined the cows in the 

 meadow. This deer, when the hounds were 

 feeding, would push her way through them, 

 and would eat the meal out of the same trough 



