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HUNTING AT BRIGHTON. 



" Ever charming, ever new, 

 When will the prospect tire the view ? " 



HAT more appropriate description could 

 I give of this beautiful city by the sea? 

 After an acquaintance with this fashion- 

 able resort extending over half a century, 

 1 can only say, the longer I know it the better I 

 like it. Pleasant society, bountiful hospitality, fair 

 women, joyous men, capital clubs, an excellent 

 theatre, an aquarium, where there are real live 

 fishes, good hotels, and three or four first-rate 

 packs of hounds within easy distance; surely suffi- 

 cient reasons for visiting Brighton. 



Finding that the Brighton Harriers were to meet 

 the morning following my arrival at Hangleton, 

 near Portslade, I determined to have a ride with 

 Mr. Dewe and his racing hounds. The next step 

 was to visit the West Brighton Riding School, in 

 Waterloo Street, in order to secure a good mount. 

 *' You shall ride Albert to-morrow," said Mr. Dupont, 

 and as I had ridden that clever and untiring little 

 chesnut horse on former occasions, I knew I should 



