go. Tally ho, 



addition to the Belvoir, can be reached easily from 

 thence. 



The meet on the occasion of my visit was in the 



stableyard at the foot of the Castle slopes, and havings 



arrived in good time I availed myself of the offer of 



the stud-groom to look over the stables, where I saw 



from forty to fifty fine hunters in blooming condition, 



showing evidence of the greatest care and attention. 



First I am shown those which carry the Duke, and my 



eye falls upon a noble chestnut that carried him at 



Saltby a week or two back, besides several other 



high-class animals. Next I see those reserved for 



^' Frank Gillard,^^ the huntsman of the Belvoir. After 



looking them over, I am not surprised to hear that he 



always rides well up to his hounds, and is a bruiser 



across this stiff country. Scarcely have I time to 



note all these choice animals — for the hounds are off, 



and within a few yards of the stables on the slopes of 



the castle, one of the pack speaks, a halloo is heard, 



and away they go through the beautiful shrubberies, 



up the heights, over the lawns, through the woods, 



and down the slope, into the Yale beneath. Fearing 



to face the open, the fox harks back to the woodlands, 



dodging about, and after some twenty minutes, more 



or less, is run to ground in a badly stopped badger's 



hole. Then Frank Gillard draws away, and only a 



few minutes elapse before tallyho is heard again at the 



foot of the slope ; then I view a fox away, making for 



the open, and give a rattling halloo, which speedily 



brings the huntsman to the spot. Two or three foxes 



being on foot, it is some time before the hounds settle 



down on the one I saw going across the ride ; then he 



faces the open, but his heart fails him, and, returning 



