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others ? " he enquired. I told him. '* Aha ! 

 Capital ! And so I have beaten them all," 

 he said. 



Scarcely had the words been uttered before 

 his horse put both legs into a rabbit hole, and 

 over he went. The hounds were still going 

 on, and so of course I could not stop; and 

 many and many a time since, as a warning to 

 youngsters, I have related this true story of 

 what befel those four old gentlemen who were 

 jealous riders over a country. 



