The Diary of a Huntsman 



CHAPTER I 



HUNTSMAN 



. . by chase our forefathers eam'd their food. 

 Toil strung their nerves and purified their blood. 



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N early find is de- 

 sirable, and, as the 

 huntsman should 

 always be at the 

 head, it is right to 

 commence these ob- 

 servations with him ; 

 for on him not only 

 does the sport in 

 general depend, but 

 the cheer of a good 

 one when he first finds his fox, creates that inde- 

 scribable sensation which nothing else has ever 

 been known to do. Who can hear the cheer of 

 the huntsman, added to the cry of the hounds 



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