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LETTER I. 



TZ^Art^/^^Pleasure^ Hunting. 



TH E fblicitatlons I have received fo 

 frequently from your Lordfliip to 

 give my fentiments on Hare-hunting, hath 

 at laft induced me to put pen to paper -, but 

 I muft defire you will coniider, that, as little 

 can be faid on the fubjed: with pofitive 

 truth and certainty, great part of v/hat I 

 fhall advance mufl be deemed matter of 

 conjecture; yet fuch as bears ftrong features 

 or refemblance of reality, being founded 

 chiefly on oblervations, made in a long 

 courfe of years and experience. 



Moft perfons, I may venture to fay all, at 

 one or other time of life, are fond of fome 

 peculiar amufement. Your Lord/hip can- 

 not forget, in our fre(juent debates on diver- 



fions. 



