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wood, &0., which will hold a fox." It is merely doub- 

 ling the extension of such an allowance, to lead us to 

 the supposition, that, amidst the dross of the printing- 

 house, this '* mctaV may have been confounded with 

 the mettle which may occasion hounds, when very fresli, 

 to " fly for a short distance on a wrong scent." The 

 substitution of a T, for an A, and the addition of an E, 

 might seem of little moment to any one not conversant 

 with the laws of scent or accent ; but with regard to a 

 Glossary, purporting to be an explanation of hunting 

 terms, it is rather too much to expect that all will rea- 

 dily accord to an opaque hodij that which is ascribable 

 only to the spirit. 



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