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THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 



wholly independent of the master, whose expenses 

 must vary so materially with circumstances, that it 

 would be useless 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 tlian 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 justifying 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 watli common prudence in the management, a pro- 

 vincial, such as Hertfordshire, may be well hunted for 

 the sum of two thousand pounds per annum. "Whether 

 the outlay upon this or other countries, has or has not 

 been yet brought within such compass, is not to the 

 point. 



