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or without one, it is called all metal." Now what kind 

 of 7)ietal is here meant, the writer alone can explain. 

 To call a hound as good as gold, is no uncommon ex- 

 pression ; but neither to this precious commodity, nor 

 to silver, platina, tin, iron, lead, or copper, can this 

 flying on a wrong scent, have either direct, or indirect 

 affinity, unless in connection with the fact, that metals 

 of all kinds are almost impervious to the effect of dew. 

 Can it be that they have too much brass, or, after all, is 

 this metal the predominant material, and is the compo- 

 sition of the article I am now remarking on — a mixture 

 of Mr. Smith's own composition f Nimrod addressed a 

 letter to the Editor of Bell's Life, complaining bitterly 

 of the manner in which his writings have been distorted, 

 in consequence of his not having the opportunity of cor- 

 recting the errors of the press. 



It is possible that this Glossary may have been sub- 

 jected to a similar disadvantage ; I did not hesitate 

 upon the 2)^1711(1 facie evidence of the robbery and mur- 

 der committed upon the body of the word, Tally-ho ! to 

 give a verdict against some poor devil of a printer ; and 

 w^ell knowing that these functionaries are not always 

 particular to a T, I had no doubt that the word cover, 

 which occurs so frequently (a word which I had never 

 seen in sporting sense, unless with regard to a certaii? 

 description of horses), was intended to be read, covert. 

 This idea is borne out by the Glossary, which, instead of 

 Dr. Johnson's definition of the word, cover, " anything 

 that is laid over another," describes a cover, as "any 



