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hot, never rest till you have changed. If you 

 hunt from town and have a railway journey, 

 always have a long, dry coat to go over your 

 wet clothes if you cannot change there and 

 then. A dry coat over w^et clothes will pre- 

 serve you from many of the ill effects of a 

 wetting. You will be surprised how comfort- 

 able you will find yourself when you have 

 donned a long ulster or a fur coat, and having 

 lighted a cigar (did I say you shouldn't smoke 

 just now ? — well there are exceptions to every 

 rule) you may be tempted, perhaps, to sympathise 

 with the good man who, as he folded his rug 

 over his knees in a first-class carriage and drew 

 the first whiff of his cigar, said, "Well, you 

 know, this is the part of hunting I really like." 



If you should have a holiday, don't over do 

 it ; you cannot, I fear, hunt more than four 

 days a week w^ith profit to your health, and 

 then I should suggest making the days short. 

 If you feel slack and languid in the morning 

 and know that you have nothing to accuse 

 yourself of in the w^ay of whisky and soda 

 and cigars over night, take a day off. If you 

 lose the run of the season don't blame me, for 

 the advice is very sound, be the-- consequences 

 in that way w^hat they will. 



These precepts are few, also they are simple 

 and obvious, but I do not know that thev 



