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that are binding on his field, and therefore I think 

 it should be a point of honour to send a sub- 

 scription without being asked for it. The care- 

 less and extravagant have all the desire to send 

 a handsome subscription in March or later, but 

 when that month arrives the expenses of house- 

 keeping have swallowed up the year's allowance, 

 and the hunt must then go without. That 

 imaginary beginner whom I have been addressing 

 all through this volume will, I am sure, take this 

 last piece of advice to heart, and will not appear 

 at the covert-side until his own subscription has 

 been paid. 



