HOW TO EAT AND DEINK FOE HUNTING. 97 



How TO Eat and Dkink for Hunting. 



When a young man " too tall for school," that is to 

 say, who has just concluded his studies, is on the point 

 of what is called embarking in life, it would be well for 

 him if he would but pause for a few moments, on the 

 brink of his earthly career, to determine, not how he 

 can avoid, but on the contrary, which, out of the many 

 alluring pleasures standing in array before him, will 

 afford him, when selected, the greatest and most enduring 

 enjoyments. 



Now these pleasures, sensual, literary, and religious, 

 may be compared to the different qualifications in a 

 large stud of horses, which, as we all know, may be 

 divided into three classes, namely — 



1. Those that will carry their rider brilliantly for a 

 short time, and then, gradually failing, bring him early 

 in the day to what, in the hunting field, is termed 

 " grief." 



2. Those that will carry him well through three quarters 

 of a good run, and then give in. 



3. Those which will not only carry him through any 

 run, however severe it may be, but end a happy day by 

 bringing him gloriously to his long home. 



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