HUNTING. 



" Warned by the streaming light and merry lark 

 Forth rushed the jolly pack : with tuneful throats 

 They carol loud, and in grand chorus joined, 

 Salute the new-born day." 



Thi: Sport of hunting wild animals upon their 

 native heath, whether with hound or gun, is the 

 natural recreation of man. Love of hunting in 

 its different phases is one of the strongest char- 

 acteristics of the human race, the principles and 

 methods of which were instilled into our remote 

 ancestors and rightly inherited by us ; and he who 

 has once tasted the sweets of fox-hunting is its 

 devotee for life, thus proving the old adage, 

 "Once a fox-hunter, always a fox-hunter." 



The system once having absorbed the love 

 of the chase, it can never be eradicated. Every 

 man, however, who goes hunting is not neces- 

 sarily a fox-hunting enthusiast, as is proven by 

 those who return as soon as the fox is afoot and 

 the social preliminaries are over — thinking doubt- 

 less fox-hunting is a most fascinating and en- 

 viable pursuit in the abstract. 



To real sportsmen the mere killing of the fox 

 is no gratification. The excitement and pleasure 

 of the chase and the health-giving exercise are 



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