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farmers. It is by these means that hunting benefits 

 the farmers. 



Enormous sums are spent in hunting which 

 would be spent elsewhere were it not for hunting, 

 and though some people cry out and say they get 

 but little good out of it, still the whole country 

 most certainly does reap the benefit, and in all 

 sorts of ways profits by hunting, and would soon 

 find out the loss were it given up. Hundreds of 

 hunting men subscribe to Agricultural Societies, 

 Horse Shows, etc., in counties with which they are 

 in no way connected, except that they come and 

 hunt there, and I would beg of them always to 

 subscribe to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent 

 Institution. 



A cheery word of good morning or good 

 evening and a sixpence for services rendered goes 

 a long way with the foot people out hunting, and 

 these too can be of the greatest help and assistance 

 to the hunt. Depend upon it, the more you keep 

 in with them the better it will be for you. They 

 are quite as keen as you are about the sport, and 

 Masters should do all they can to encourage the 

 good feeling and never disappoint them by meeting 

 at one place and going off to draw at another. 



I would recommend young gentlemen to 

 remember the following lines. The rhymes are 

 perhaps imperfect, but the advice is excellent : — 



If jyou happen to think that the huntsman is wrong, 

 And imagine yo?i know where bold Reynard has gone, 

 Keep that thought to yourself^ for the language is strong 

 That's addressed to the young British sportsman. 



