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old chateau of the wilderness (Chateau Sauvages), his 

 wolves, his boars, his roe-deer, his foxes, wild-cats, 

 martin-cats, and otters ; here goes to fraternise with 

 'em all.'' 



Perhaps, for the better information of my readers, 

 I should have stated the agreeable fact which induced 

 me to pay this visit. Monsieur le Yicomte d' Anchald, 

 having read the account of some of my bloodhound 

 Druid's single-handed performances in the destruc- 

 tion of the wild deer in the royal New Forest of 

 Hampshire, determined to come all the way from his 

 chateau on the Nievre, between Nevers and Premery, 

 two hundred miles southward of Paris, to see the 

 English chase, and to ascertain if he could not apply 

 my plan to the successful pursuit of some of the 

 creatures with which the crown forest where he had 

 the appointment of louvetier or wolf-hunter abounded. 

 He came to me at Beacon Lodge, was out with Druid 

 when he hunted down his deer, rode well, and only 

 missed giving to the doe the coup de grace by not 

 knowing the locality as well as I did. He joined 

 me in my sea-fishings, and shared in all that the 

 season afforded, bouMit some of mv bloodhounds, 

 accepted others which I was too happy to place at his 

 disposal, and bought several couples of foxhounds 

 from the best English kennels. His object accom- 



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