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CHAPTER XII. 



Nihil est ab omni, 



Parte beatum." 

 Hon. 



lUe terrarum mihi jn-ceter onmes, 

 Angulus ridet." 



Id. 



Hunting from Home— M. F. H. in his own Country — Presents — The Late 

 Mr. Hanbury— Popularity— Satisfaction— Plights of Country— Sup- 

 port of Hunting — Errors of Custom — Remedies— Difficulty of Pie- 

 formation — Earth- Stopping— Mr. Smitli's Plan — Game-keepers — 

 Habits of Foxes — Importance of Rural Amusement— Decline of 

 Shooting — ISTew Game Bill— Fox-hunting the only Resource — Esti- 

 mate of Expenses. 



It is highly important to the interests of the Noble 

 Science, that every man, blessed with the means of pro- 

 moting the sport of fox-hunting, should endeavour so 

 to do, to the utmost of his power, in his own country. 



