RIDING TO HOUNDS 



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his conclusion is earnestly commended to the thoughtful reader, 

 especially if he has attained middle age. 



A brook is the obstacle for which the large majority of 

 horses have the most instinctive aversion, the one above all 



' The stream runs wide on the take-v. T side. ' 



others which, if they do at all, they will do after their own 

 fashion. * Drive him at water ' say the sages ; but supposing 

 he objects to being driven, the driving only renders his 

 refusal the more resolute, and the driver being usually in quite 

 as great a funk as his horse, by sitting down and finishing as 



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