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Badminton kennels for his entry every season ; 

 and old Philip Payne, with his successor in office, 

 Will Long, were too good judges to part with 

 hounds likely to suit themselves, unless upon some 

 extraordinary occasions, when they might have 

 more clever young hounds come home from their 

 walks than they could put forward. 



Lord Kintore knew that he could never expect 

 weeds — i. e., small hounds, without power — al- 

 though ever so good in the field, to produce any- 

 thing worthy of observation in the kennel, very 

 appropriately remarking that you could " not ob- 

 tain perfection from imperfection." 



To his hospitality whilst residing at Wadley 

 House, near Parringdon, there are, no doubt, many 

 still living who can bear testimony, and who pro- 

 bably retain a vivid recollection of the Fows head, 

 an acquaintance with the contents of which gene- 

 rally afforded more than satisfaction to the most 

 enthusiastic fox-hunter. After leaving England 

 for his ancestral hall in Scotland, we had few oppor- 

 tunities of meeting ; and in the last visit he paid me, 

 I remember, after inspecting the kennels, he placed 

 his hand on my shoulder, and said — " My dear H., 

 we shall never meet again in this world — my days 

 are numbered." 



His forebodings, alas ! proved too true — I saw him 



