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dent and humane obferver) appear fo many 

 iiicontjovertible proofs of his ignorance or 

 incifcretion. Thefe heroes on horseback 

 require to be emphatically informed, that 

 fuch voluntary adls of oppreflion invariably 

 operate to the prejudice of the performer, 

 however he may be fandtioned hy ntuatiori 

 or favoured by fprtune, proving unluckily 

 aborti^^e of the ori^-inal defi.o^n ; for v/hat is 

 fo evidently intended to promote admiration 

 is as certainly productive of Indifference and 

 ,contempt» 



Another acl of foliy and inJifcretion is 

 equally calculated to excite the difguft and 

 indignation of every eftabliflied fportfman 

 in the tield ; that ridiculous vanity of tryr 

 jng the fpeed ^nd oppreffing the fpirit of 

 your horfe, in facing with every fympa- 

 thetic compistitor ; and it would be very 

 extraordinary in fo numerous a company, if 

 one foci was long deprived of the pleafure of 

 finding a comppjtion. At the concluiion of 

 the chace, whether the death of a fox 

 or the taking of the deer, numerous 

 temptations prefent themfelves to the voung 

 and inexperienced fportfman, ever^ in the 

 Y 4 infancy 



