loud shouts Re-echo through the groves. He breaks away; Shrill horns proclaim his flight. Each straggling hound

Strains o'er the lawn to reach the distant pack."

These, as we said once before, we purpose continuing to a hitherto unprecedented length, in the course of which every possible feature in the Chase will be represented.

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Of our kind friends, the foreign sportsman and the general reader, we have not been forgetful. A fourth view, by Col. Batty, equal in beauty, we think, to any of its predecessors, accompanies the present number, and the Foreign Sports" will be continued at proper intervals; added to which, we have the pleasure to announce, that he has undertaken a series of views cf the residences of such noblemen and gentlemen, in each county in England, as are distinguished for their patronage of field-sports. These, we think, will make a pleasing variety in the subjects of our embellishments, which past experience convinces us is the

surest way of meeting the tastes of the present day.

In addition to the foregoing, we have several general subjects by Cooper, Howitt, Bristow, and other eminent artists, some of which were painted expressly for this Magazine,

and for others we are indebted to the kindness of friends, which will appear in due course; but in taking this prospective glance, we beg to be distinctly understood as not pledging ourselves to the precise time for the appearance of any, save such as we have hereinbefore specifically promised.

THE SPRING-BOCK. Drawn and Etched by Col. BATTY.

THE Spring-bock, or White Antelope, is one of the prettiest of the

many varieties of the Gazelle which inhabit the southern portion of Africa. In the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope it is frequently met with in large herdsthousands of these elegant animals, literally, speckling the extensive plains, and exhibiting one of the most pleasing sights of that interesting portion of the globe. The size of the Spring-bock is about that of a small deer; its length three feet, and its height from two to three feet; its colour is of a light brown, or rather fawn, a dark-brown stripe bordering the general colour of the flanks, and serving to give greater brilliancy to the snow-white haunches and belly. A similar dark stripe extends down each side of the face from the eye to the mouth, giving it a most knowing and spirited look. The horns, like those of all antelopes, are marked with annular ridges. They grow from the head almost close to each other, then expand, and again curve inwards, something in the form of a lyre. After severe droughts, when the supply of herbage in the more remote country has been exhausted or burnt up, the herds will often approach the settlements of the colonists and cause great devastation of the crops. They are followed by the lion and other beasts of prey, which are equally compelled to relinquish the arid regions in search of food. The Springbocks will, on these occasions, make frequent bounds over each others backs, casting at the same time fearful glances behind them. Their varied colours then show to greatest advantage, the long hair, forming the dark stripes bordering the buttocks, spreading flat on the haunches when the animal is leaping. They are not so shy as many

other antelopes, but their speed is equal to that of a good horse. The boors go in chase armed with a long gun, and having pursued at full speed till they arrive at a suitable spot, suddenly dismount, and with surprising rapidity despatch a well-aimed ball, rarely missing the mark.

The Springer is supposed to be the Pygarg mentioned in the Sacred Writings.

On the plate itself any remarks would be superfluous. We consider it one of Col. Batty's happiest efforts, and with that impression unhesitatingly commit it to the ordeal of public criticism.

BRITISH GALLERY, SuffolkSTREET.

THE present year's exhibition at these rooms is rather scanty in subjects in our line. The best we have been able to select are the following:

No. 150. Donkey and Foal.W. J. HIXON.

We have little in common with this patient brute, nor can we say much in praise of the production. The ears of the donkey appear to have been stuck on the head, and the limbs are large enough for an ox. Nor is the foal less out of proportion, seeing that the head and neck are as large as the rest of the body. We remember the circumstance of a celebrated landscape painter introducing a donkey with cloven feet: the party alluded to is now on his way to Van Dieman's land.

No. 194. Newfoundland Dog and Duck.-E. T. WELLES. There is a good effect in this picture. The dog is well drawn.

NO. XV.-VOL. III.

No. 224. Procession at the Coro

nation.-R. B. DAVIS.

Mr. Davis has evidently made the most of his subject. Admirers of pageantry we confess we feel some veneration for old customs and old times.

No. 232. Deer-stealers Shooting a Buck.-A. CORBOULD. A clever performance.

No. 240. Newfoundland Dog.J. TAYLOR.

There is a good deal of life in this picture.

No. 273. Dead Game.-STEVENS. Extremely well painted, the colouring remarkably clear.

No. 303. Group of Horses.Miss CORBOUX.

Our gallantry always induces us to speak favourably of the works of female artists, but we doubt whether the representations of horses is a subject in which they are likely to excel. Lady Dacre, however, is a powerful exception.

No. 313. Portrait of an Ox.GILES.

We should prefer sitting down to a sirloin of the original. The cognomen of the artist is not very classical. We presume it had originally "Gingerbread" tacked to it, but has been abridged by that merciless abbreviator the Reform Bill.

No. 329. Mameluke.-BARRAUD.

A painting that deserves a better situation.

No. 347. Mare and Foal.-LONG

No. 474. Temptation.—WOOD

WARD.

A dog stealing a leg of mutton; a very clever production.

No. 503. West Highland Cattle. E. T. WELLES.

This is a very pleasing picture.

No. 511. The Isle of Thanet Harriers at the Place of Meeting, near Quex Park, the seat of John Powell, Esq.; with Portraits of Mr. F. Bushell and Lewis the Huntsman.-F. C. TURNER.

The head of the first horse is badly united with the neck. The hounds are out of all proportion as harriers, being as large as foxhounds. The perspective is also faulty, the hounds being nearly all of a size, though introduced at different distances.

No. 791. Frame with two draw

ings-Breaking Cover, and The Parting Glass.-R. B. DAVIS. Well handled, as far as they go. No. 815. Interior with Horses.

The colouring of the bay horse in the fore-ground is equal in . strength and clearness to any in oil. The drawing also is good. No. 844. A Horse's Head in Bronze.-M. WYATT.

Extravagance is often mistaken for effect, and such is the case in the present instance. Such a number of regular wrinkles in the skin of the nose (the jaws being at the same time closed) is what cannot take place in nature. The ears are also destitute of the globular cartilage that serves as a pivot for the ear to turn upon. The upper part of the head and neck are considerably too large, and give an appearance of a disease, well known to farriers, called Poll Evil. Nevertheless there is much spirit in the style of composition.

SIR,

THERE has been so much of the dog-and-cat style in some of our late contributions, that, although at present I have neither the one nor the other in my possession, the snarling and growling of the former, and the spitting and scratching of the latter, with their natural and proverbial animosities, have often presented themselves to my, mind. In one of my moments of reflection then, I asked myself the question has any notice of the cat, its nature, habits, and acquire

ments appeared in a Sporting Magazine? I am not aware that it has; and with your permissionpreviously to my treating of the dog-I will say a few words about puss. Although in the nobler qualities of their nature she will bear no comparison with Tray, yet she is far above contempt. In short, she is his foil; she is to the dog what Cassius was to Brutus. Each has its virtues, but those possessed by the latter preponderate greatly in the scale.

We will not dwell long upon