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over his fences, because there is almost always a ditch 

 or a rail on one side or the other of the Midland hedges. 

 Temperate he must be, because the fields in Leicester- 





Fig. 2. Miss Burnaby's Butterfly. 



shire, for instance, are so large that there is often a 

 crowd of riders waiting their turn at the only practic- 

 able place in a jump, filing through a gate, or waiting 



