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HUNTING REMINISCENCES 



sail's with the stud, and was bought by Miss Mar- 

 garet Tennant, now Mrs. Asquith, who hunted him 

 a season or two, and he passed on to Mrs. de 

 Winton. 



Though the season was a short one, there were 

 more than an average number of historical runs. 

 The number of hunting days was 110, stopped 

 by frost 33 days, whilst 80 foxes were killed, and 

 62 marked to ground, — the latter large number 

 being explained by the dryness of the drains, the 

 shortness of the cubbing season, and the scarcity of 

 foxes in the home district. 



Up the Chimney. 



