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At the same moment there was a halloo away to a fresh 

 fox, which we could do but little with, and after dragging 

 him nearly an hour, with bad scent, the hounds behaving 

 admirably, we returned and killed our second fox, which 

 had taken ground, and he was turned up in a very short 

 time. 



THE SAME, BY VENATOR. 



' Let's away, let's away to the joys of the chase.' 



N()vem])er first, Upton the meet. 

 The worthy Master's rural seat ; 

 Pleasure and health onr chiefest end. 

 To greet with joy each well-known friend ; 

 And Johnny Neiocomes, hot to shew 

 What feats they can, or cannot do ! 



The muster strong, and many there 

 Of nol)le port, the eye to cheer. 

 ' A southern wind, a cloudy sky,' 

 When horses, hounds, and fox, can fly 5 

 Trotting the Banb'ry road along, 

 Expecting scent both high and strong, 1 



1 Scent, it has been observed, is an effluvium constantly arising 

 from the corpuscles that issue out of all bodies ; and being impreg- 

 n.ated with the peculiar state and quality of the blood and juices of 

 that particular animal from which they floM', occasion the vast variety 

 of smells or scents, cognizable by the olfactory nerves or organs of 

 smelling. Hence it is why one person differs from another in scent, 

 and why a dog Avill trace the footsteps of his master for a hundred 

 miles together, following him into any house, church, or other build- 

 ing, though surrounded by ten thousand ; and when the faithful animal 

 has thus diligently sought and recognized his master, he is seldom 

 willing even to trust the evidence of his own eyes, until, with erected 

 crest, he has taken a few cordial sniffs to be convinced he is right. 

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