INTRODUCTION 19 



pastime of residents in the country, and that now it 

 is a recognised institution of English life, involving 

 the circulation of capital, and the employment of 

 labour. Thus, the people who rail against hunting, 

 as being the amusement of the wealthy few, must be 

 absolutely blind to the financial utility of the sport. 

 The incontrovertible fact, that hunting has, through 

 successive generations, increased in popularity, amongst 

 all classes of the people, pleads more in its favour 

 than all the books which have ever been written on the 

 subject. 



With these introductory remarks, we will now 

 proceed to the practical part of our work. 



