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not unfrequently be traced to my lord's impaired 

 digestive powers rather than to any real discrepancy 

 on the part of the servant himself. 



But the second division of this class brooks no 

 delay, and it is, alas ! not only a very far from harm- 

 less, but even a somewhat dangerous element in the 

 field ; for whereas, by that portion of hard riders 

 whom I have already dealt with, the lives of hounds 

 seldom and of individuals 7ievej' are endangered, by the 

 class I am about to introduce you to the lives and 

 limbs of both are from time to time placed in very 

 imminent peril. 



Mr. A. is prominent among such, mounted on a 

 raw brute which he hopes to make a long figure of 

 by and bye, but which at present only promises to 

 kick at everything and everybody within its reach. 

 Beware of him at gateways, and give him, too, a wide 

 berth at his fences, unless you are ambitious of being 

 swerved across, charged broadside, or cannoned in 

 mid air. 



Mr. B. yonder, on that raking bay, which has evi- 

 dently completed its education, and come out with 

 honours, too, is another specimen of this class ; but, 

 mounted as he is, the hounds themselves rather than 

 their followers are placed in jeopardy by his eques- 

 trian feats. 



Mr. A. is, happily, usually invisible after the first 



