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broad-nosed hound, also did him great good ; and 



although he never borrowed him, his was just one of 



the heads which the late Lord Hastings cast about for 



so anxiously. 



^ The accompanying illustration which Lord Hastings. 



IS- copied exactly from a little drawing 



which his lordship once brought down to Will Derry, 



at the kennel, and which Will has treasured ever since, 



shows exactly the model head at which his lordship 



wished to arrive. Sir Harry Goodricke gave him 

 twenty couple of The Quorn, with a very good Fatima, 

 Furrier, and Ferryman, amongst them ; and he set 

 about putting the broad base and heavy lip of the 

 Southern hound upon them. The head of Luther, a 

 Layman hound, which he got from Tom Goosey, just 

 suited him ; and sleepy as he looked, he was always 

 forward when the fox sank. Lancaster from the 

 Cheshire kennel, rather pleased him in this respect ; 

 and so did Royal, whom he got from Mr. Greene of 

 Rolleston. As to foxes' heads, he had also a theory 

 that they should be as big as those of the hounds. 

 These ideas were, however, sadly foiled by having 

 madness in his kennel, all one season, and in six or 

 seven weeks no less than thirteen-and-a-half couple 

 were seized. Will Head first found it out from his 

 boiler, who told him, when he came back from exer- 

 cise, that Pliant had been very odd with the other 



