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conjointly with the Atherstone. Mr. Meynell Ingram 

 had hunted hare for several seasons with some small 

 hounds, bred principally from Lord Vernon's and the 

 Cheshire, and a few from Quorn. When he succeeded 

 to the Hoar Cross country, with Old Leedham — who 

 was once second horseman, and then coachman to Mr. 

 Meynell — as his huntsman, Fallacy, of the Cheshire 

 Bluecap, and Nelly, of the Meynell Stormer blood, 

 were given to him by Mr. Heron ; but both of them 

 were so ill with distemper that they were hardly fit to 

 bring. He lost Fallacy out cub-hunting on Needwood 

 Forest Banks ; and she went home again, and entered 

 so well, that Mr. Heron felt it much more of a duty 

 than a pleasure to write and inform his friend of her 

 return. Nathan, who became a very popular stallion^ 

 was by Pytchley Abelard from Nelly, one of whose 

 daughters. Nightshade, had a great litter by Belvoir 

 Rasselas, which produced three good stallion hounds^ 

 Rummager, Reveller, and Roman, all black tan. 

 Reveller was a very clever hound, but unfortunately 

 got poisoned ; and Mr. Ingram bred a good deal from 

 Roman, whose best daughter was Hyacinth. But we 

 must not forget old Agnes by the Hoar Cross Abelard 

 from Ringlet by Belvoir Governor. She is four- 

 teen years old, and as her Alaric and Adeline are 

 right able proxies, she wanders about like a fat Mrs. 

 Armitage of the kennel, along with Hostile by Sir 

 Watkin's Admiral, who was making most peaceful 

 overtures to the haymakers for a share of their supper, 

 when we first caught a glimpse of the pair. Agnes 

 has well earned her ease, as she never did wrong, and 

 would pick out the scent at four roads, when nothing 

 else could do anything, and even when she was 

 eleven and quite deaf, she could hunt the line by 

 herself. 

 wiiD b ^* ^^ many years since Nimrod set 



an y. ^^ clubs and the hunting world in a 

 roar by his " Tour" anecdotes of the dreams, and 



