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we must recollect, that I have put it into the types, that perhaps the most 

 intuitive knowledge of fox-hunting ever yet displayed is now being- dis- 

 played by a tailor* — 1 can have no objection to so harmless a joke;" and 

 it will also appear I think that Mr. Marley has gained something by his 

 experience. The following dialogue then took place between us in the 

 hunting field on this day. 



Nimrod. " Well, Mr. Marley, this fox-hunting must be a noble 

 diversion to such as are able to follow it." 



Mi\ Marley. " The finest in the world, sir ! thejinest in the world, 

 you may depend upon it. I hunt twice a week, the season through, 

 but never two days together, unless I get an order." 



Nimrod. '^ But 'tis dangerous, is it not ?" 



Mr. Marley. " Not the least in the world— that is, if you have a 

 good horse, and knoiu how to ride him. I have rode this horse three 

 seasons, twice a week with Sir Matthew, and he has never given me one 

 fall." 



Nimrod. " Will you allow me to ask you, Mr. Marley, what term you 

 fox-hunters make use of, when the dogs run the same way as the wind 

 blows?" 



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Mr. Marley. '' Oh, we call that running down ivind. 



Nimrod. *' And what, if the dogs go t'other way?" 



* Of course, 1 allude to Hastings, the Cheltenliam tailor. 



