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proportion to the deficiency in the other 

 part of his aliment. On the morning of 

 hunting he fhould be dreffed and fed early; 

 having his head (trapped up till liiddled for 

 the field, to prevent (if a coarfe feeding horfe) 

 his making the clean ftraw^ a neceffary fub- 

 ftitute for the artificial fcarcity of hay. 



The day preceding which, every judicious 

 or experienced fportfrnan arranges all his 

 affairs, to prevent the leaft probability of delay 

 difappointment, or interruption to his fport ; 

 by accurately afcertaining the adequate ftate 

 of his horfe and the fafety of his apparatus. 

 He defcends to an attentive furvey of the feet 

 and the clinches of iYi^Jhoes ; thereby avoid- 

 ing the diftrefling dilemma of compulfively 

 exploring a smith's shop, in a ftrange 

 country, during the heat and happinefs of 

 the chace, by the inexpreflible mortification 

 of cajUng a JIjoc : a circumftance that will 

 feldom or never happen under the occafional 

 infped:ion of the fmith, who will moft cer- 

 tainly never forget the proper or accuf- 

 tomed time of examination ; provided he is 

 retained upon the principle of mutual convex 



nience. 



