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degree lofe thofe qualities for which they were originally 

 fo admirable. 



In England, the attachment to the chafe is in fome 

 meafure confidered as a trait in the national character; 

 confequently, it is not to be wondered at, that our Dogs 

 and Horfes mould excel all others in that noble diverfioiu 

 This propenfity appears to be encreafing in the nation ; 

 and no price feems now thought too great for Hounds of 

 known excellence*. 



The Fox-Hounds generally preferred are tall, light- 

 made, but ftrong, and poffefied of great courage, fpeed, 

 and activity. 



The habits and faculties of thefe Dogs are fo generally 

 known, as to render any defcription unneceflary. 



Dogs of the fame kind are alfo trained to the hunting 

 of the Stag and other Deer. 



The following anecdote affords a proof of their won- 

 derful fpirit in fupporting a continuity of exertion : 



" Many years firice, a very large Stag was turned out of 

 Whinfield Park, in the county of Weftmorland ; and purfued 

 by the Hounds, till, by fatigue or accident, the whole pack 

 was thrown out, except two ftaunch and favourite Dogs, which 

 continued the chafe the greateft part of the day. The Stag re- 

 turned to the park from whence he fet out ; and, as his laft ef- 

 fort, leapt the wall, and expired as foon as he had accomplifhed 

 it. One of the Hounds purfued to the wall ; but being unable 

 to get over it, laid down, and almoft immediately expired : The 

 other was alfo found at a fmall diftance 



" The length of the chafe is uncertain : But as they were 

 feen at Red-kirks, near Annan, in Scotland, diflant, by the 

 poll-road, about forty-fix miles, it is conjectured, that the cir- 

 cuitous and uneven courfe they might be fuppofed to take, 

 would not be lefs than one hundred and twenty miles I 



" To commemorate this fac~t, the horns of the Stag, which 

 were the largeft ever feen in that part of the country, were 



* In 1788, Mr Noel's pack was fold to Sir Win Lowther. 

 bart. for 1000 guineas. 



