THE 



BEST SEASON ON KECOED. 



CHAPTEK I. 



A PREFACE AT HOME AND ABROAD. 



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_,=^ _.^^^^.^=J'^e;"Jn^RIDAY, October 12tli, ^Yas 

 ' ' ^ ~~ our first eleven o'clock meet, 



and the first muster in becoming force. The Quornwere 

 at Gaddesby Hall ; and a pleasant little field, still 

 wearing the garb of sober autumn, accompanied the pack 

 to Mr. Cheney's Spinnies. Business was meant from the 

 very first — the young hounds were to have blood, and 



