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and pass the winter at Rennes ; but Cap- 

 tain P could not be induced to alter 



his plan. The dogs were severally re- 

 turned to their respective owners, and 

 Collins, after being presented with a 

 liberal remuneration, and his travelling 

 expenses paid to Tours, left us to rejoin 

 his former employers, connected with the 

 excellent hunt of that town. 



It was not without feelings of sincere 

 regret that I contemplated leaving my 

 friends at Rennes, for nowhere on the 

 Continent had I been received with more 

 cordiality, or experienced such unaffected 

 kindness. About a week before the in- 

 tended departure of my companions, I 

 proposed that we should give the ladies 

 a party, ere we took leave of them, ob- 

 serving, that, as we had on more than one 

 occasion regaled their husbands to reple- 

 tion, it would not be fair on our parts to 

 leave the town without displaying a little 



