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from his horse in the middle of a wood, and, as quietly as he could, collected 

 his hounds about him : he then took an opportunity, when the coast was 

 clear, to set off silently, and by himself, for another cover. However, his 

 master, who knew his tricks, sent others after him to bring him back : 

 they found him running a fox most merrily ; and, to his great astonish- 

 ment, they stopped the hounds, and made him go back along with them. 

 This fellow had often been severely beaten, but was stubborn and sulky 

 to the last. 



To give you an idea, before I quit this subject, how little some people 

 know of fox-hunting, I must tell you, that, not long ago, a gentleman asked 

 me, If I did not send people out the day before, to find where the foxes lay ? 



What relates to the casting of hounds, shall be the subject of my next 

 Letter. 



