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had crested a stiff hill, from whence they ran their hare 

 into another cover on the side of a steep incline. 

 Here the scent being very bad, they hunted step by 

 step through the covert, driving her out at the end, 

 and running her into the cover where they found her. 

 Then they rattled her around, giving tongue in the 

 old-fashioned style, which I think all harriers should 

 do, until they made the place too hot for her, and she 

 went away in the direction of a very fair line of 

 " country," and I anticipated having a pretty gallop, 

 but the weather was so raw, with small rain falling, 

 and the scent being cold, they were unable to 

 do any good with her. After this drew some 

 fallows, where we saw several fresh seats, but 

 never a hare, and as the prospect of sport seemed of 

 the smallest, and the weather most disagreeable, I 

 left them to their devices, and cantered home to 

 Ventnor. 



I heard that these hounds show very good sport; 

 they are rather a scratch pack, but amongst them are 

 some very handsome old-fashioned looking harriers, 

 and they hunted their hare very steadily, picking up 

 the scent step by step. They are hunted by the 

 Master, Mr. Barton, who has the reputation of being 

 a very good sportsman. He looks like a workman, 

 and is evidently not afraid to ride. It is a caution to 

 see some of these gentlemen gallop down these hills 

 at full speed ; but I suppose use is everything, as I 

 observed one man on an old Irish horse, go straight 

 down a place as steep as the " side of a house." On 

 this occasion there were only nine couples of hounds 

 out, as some were suffering from lameness, but the 

 pack in all consists of seventeen couples, and the 



