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less to say more, with regard to his own hunting, than 

 that four good horses, with good luck, will keep him 

 well mounted ; and that less than that number must be 

 insufficient, even in the absence of those casualties 

 which are so rarely escaped. There are a variety of 

 trifles which cannot be taken into account, fully justi- 

 fying the remark which I have given, as the result of 

 Lord Petre's experience ; but, at the same time, I 

 should say, that, with any notion of the business, and 

 with common prudence in the management, a provincial, 

 such as Hertfordshire, may be well hunted for the sum 

 of two thousand pounds per annum. Whether the out- 

 lay upon this or other countries, has or has not been 

 yet brought within such compass, is not to the point. 





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