(iv) That some ‘standard of type’ of hound should be decided upon; whether it be the true beagle type, the harrier type with a dash of southern blood, or the small harrier type (Lilliputian foxhound). “I think this should induce succeeding Masters to adhere to some particular type, without which no pack can hope to become uniform, much less when a different Master is at their head almost every three years. “Let us then draw up a standard of both height and type and depict on paper an Eton beagle. The rest lies with the Master and his kennelman. Let him ‘For ev’ry longing dame select Some happy paramour.... Consider well His lineage; what his fathers did of old, Chiefs of the pack, and first to climb the rock, Or plunge into the deep, or thread the brake With thorns sharp-pointed, plash’d and briars inwoven. Observe with care his shape, sort, colour, size.’ SOMERVILE. “From personal experience I know exactly what it should cost to keep a pack of beagles, and I also know that, the more carefully your hounds are bred, the more sought after your breed and Q.E.D. the less your annual expenses. “I hate radical changes in the dear old place, but I am all for improvements, and I fail to see how any pack of hounds can be properly kennelled in the centre of a town. I dare not trespass further, Mr. Editor, on your space, but at some future time perhaps I may be allowed to make some few suggestions for the ‘walks’ of the future Peterborough winners bred at Eton. I apologise for the length of my letter, written with the hope that it may inspire the young Nimrod to breed and keep a good class of hound, with which even a not overspeedy Etonian may possibly see some sport, for ‘Tell me, ye gods, if any sounds Be half as sweet as t’ hear the hounds.’ _Nov. 12th._ W. H. B.” [Illustration] The reply to this came on Nov. 30th, when F. Grenfell wrote a long letter to the _Chronicle_, in which he informs us that “Having disposed of all last year’s pack, I have bought an entirely new pack of hounds, 15½ inches and very level. Though some hounds are rather lacking in good looks, the pack itself are a level lot and very good workers.” This pack was obtained from Mr. P. F. Hancock, of Wivelscombe, Somerset, a well-known follower of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds. There were 13½ couple in all, and the sum paid was £55. The whole of F. Grenfell’s letter is printed in an appendix at the end of the book.