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another of the ilk, which, on looking over the 

 hedge, I discovered to be my old friend the 

 cripple, who went limping away, whilst the 

 first returned and stood looking defiantly at 

 me with the fence between us, and after a 

 short inspection of what I was like, appeared 

 satisfied that no harm was meant and trotted 

 leisurely away. Could it have been that this 

 fox had slipped into the fallows and given his 

 maimed friend a warning of danger ? I have 

 before alluded to the ability, cleverness, and 

 amusing tricks of ^^ Topsy." 



Faddists go to great lengths in condemna- 

 tion of the chase, and Miss Taylor sought to 

 magnify the few evils connected with it in the 

 '' Fortnightly Review " ; I think it was some- 

 where about the year 1870. But the statements 

 were exaggerated, and the outcome of an over- 

 wrought imagination on the part of that lady^ 

 who seemed to have little knowledge of the 

 subject. The quaint Christopher North quite 

 upsets Miss Taylor's theories when he says : — 

 ^' Much evil is done the cause of humanity by 

 indiscriminate and illogical abuse of pursuits 

 and recreations totally dissimilar. I doubt if 

 any person can be really humane in heart 



