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crossing the road up there. Must liave heen one of 

 their resfular runs." 



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Off went the keeper to pick them up, and of 

 course detected the trick at once. His ejood manners 

 \YOukl not allow him to laugh there ; so he had to 

 make a bolt for it, and, to my great surprise, I saw 

 this staid and serious head-keeper burst through the 

 cover into the ride I was in, and begin to shout with 

 laughter in the most uproarious manner. For a 

 moment I thought he had gone mad, and on walking 

 up to him could get nothing out of him, except be- 

 tween his fits of laughter, " Beg pardon, sir, but them 

 ' limbs,' them two ' limbs I ' " At last he got suffi- 

 ciently calm to tell me what had occurred, and T 

 need hardly say that I laughed almost as heartily. 

 The indignation of the victim was great when he 

 discovered the trick, and he stalked off to the house 

 at once ; and perhaps it was well that he did, for 

 the two young scamps' account of the whole thing 

 was enough to send anyone into fits. It is needless 

 to say that they ever after occupied the foremost 

 place in the keeper's affections. 



It is, indeed, a very pretty sight to see a pack 

 of beagles working in cover. How they try every 

 tuft of grass or rushes ! Soon you notice that they 

 are working more eagerly, and some begin to lash 

 their tails, and suddenly out bolts " bunny " from 



