170 Tally ho, 



tinuance of dry weather, hunting had to be suspended 

 until the welcome rain shall have fallen; conse- 

 quently this was the only opportunity I had of 

 seeing the Thanet Harriers, of whose performances, 

 however, even this short experience showed me to 

 be a sporting pack, which in due course will show 

 many a pretty spin to those who are content to 

 ride over an open " countrj^," where fences are 

 unknown and where you may gallop to your heart's 

 content over the wide space of land which lies before 

 you. 



Owing to the same cause the West-street Harriers, 

 of which Lord Granville is Master, were compelled 

 to suspend their sport, and await the good time, 

 when copious showers shall render the going pleasant 

 over the plough. I was therefore unable to have 

 a look at them ; but I heard on trustworthy authority, 

 that this is an excellent pack, as might be expected, 

 from the fact of their having so good a sportsman 

 as the noble lord at their head, whom I have followed 

 on many occasions when he was Master of the 

 Buckhounds, and was first " entered '^ for politics, 

 in which field I believe he is just as genial and plea- 

 sant as he was in his more youthful days, when 

 he presided over the destinies of her Majesty's 

 Hounds. 



The West-street Harriers hunt over a large tract 

 of land, extending from Dover and Deal to Sandwich, 

 and from the report I heard of them I have every 

 reason to believe they will well repay a visit when 

 the season is a little advanced. Having received 

 permission from the Earl of Guildford to look over 

 his lordship's kennels and stables at Waldershare 



