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makes good hounds, so does a good master 

 make good servants. ' ' 



" There's a wonderful deal in the manage- 

 ment," I observed. 



'* Everything," replied Trimbush. "And, 

 unless a master of foxhounds is a thorough- 

 going sportsman, and is acquainted with 

 all the apparently trifling details of his 

 establishment, you may depend upon it that 

 he's very much out of his place." 



** Your information concerning our liberty 

 during the summer months," said I, " has 

 reconciled me somewhat to the mortification 

 of closing the season." 



* ' We need not examine farther, ' ' resumed 

 Trimbush, " than the effect produced upon 

 birds, when caged, to learn the advantages of 

 freedom. The plumage of a wild bird is close, 

 smooth, and bright ; while that of one in close 

 confinement is dull and rough. There is 

 strength and energy in the one, too, which is 

 never seen in the other." 



" The feather often shows which way the 

 wind blows," remarked I. 



"As well as the national banner of Eng- 

 land floating in the breeze, ' ' returned the old 

 hound. 



