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progress, but inevitably throw them out befor<^ 

 they could repair their loss, if the houncb 

 were then crossing a country. 



if horses have not six or eight miles to the 

 hounds on the morning of hunting, they 

 should be walked at least an hour, or hour 

 and half, before they appear at the place 

 of meeting; the consistency of their having 

 sufficient time to miload the frame by fre- 

 quency of evacuation, has been so fully ex- 

 plained under the article of exercise, and its 

 palpable utility must be so forcibly striking 

 to every person, at all convinced of its effects^ 

 that it cannot possibly require any additional 

 ducidation. 



Supposing ourselves arrived at that unsul- 

 lied seat of unanimity the place appointed,, 

 whether throwing into covei>t for a fox, or 

 turning out the deer ; every sportsman will 

 acknowledge it may be justly deemed the 

 critical moment, when the powers of ex- 

 hilaration nearly exceed the limits of pre- 

 scription, and we *' most wonder bow our 

 reason holds." This is the crisis that toa 

 frequently deprives the juvenile rider (ia 



