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with a sort of invisible agency. Another instant, 

 and a wild snatch or two right and left, ended 

 in a whimper and a general shoot up the lane. 



6 A fox ! for a 'underd ! ' muttered our master, 

 drawing breath as he eyed them. ' A fox ! for two- 

 and-twenty 'underd!' continued he, as Priestess 

 feathered but spoke not. 



' A fox ! for a million ! ' roared he, as old 

 Ravager threw his tongue lightly but confidentially, 

 and Jorrocks cheered him to the echo. 



' A fox ! for 'alf the national debt ! ' roared he, 

 looking round at Charley as he gathered himself 

 together for a start. 



Now as Jorrocks would say, Beckford would 

 say, ' where are all your sorrows and your cares, 

 ye gloomy souls ! or where your pains and aches, 

 ye complaining ones! one whimper has dispelled 

 them all.' 



Mr. Jorrocks takes off his cap and urges the 

 tail-hounds on. A few more driving shoots and 

 stops, producing increased velocity with each 

 effort, and a few more quick snatchy whimpers, 



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