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CHAPTER XXX. 



Expenses of foxhunting establishments — Lai^ge and small packs — 

 Scratch lot of harriers kept cost free — Farming and foxhunting 

 — Touring with an agriculturist — A dip in blue water — Master 

 growing his stud as well as his corn — Grentlemen huntsmen. 



The expenses of foxhunting establishments will 

 necessarily depend upon the number of men, horses, 

 and hounds kept to hunt the country, some of 

 which are still so extensive as to admit of six days 

 a week during the season. Different men have 

 different opinions in regard to this matter ; some 

 like to hunt every day, others are content to indulge 

 in that recreation two or three days only out of the 

 seven; and for ourselves, we could never see any 

 great fun in making of pleasure a toil. There is, 

 however, the peculiarity attached to foxhunting more 

 than to any other sport, — it is ever varying, scarcely 

 two days throughout the season being alike as to 

 results, — besides which, man being a sociable animal, 

 the meeting with friends at the covert-side proves 

 a great attraction. To noblemen and masters of 

 great wealth, expenditure is of little consequence, 

 and large establishments are of great benefit to the 

 locality in which they are situated, by giving em- 

 ployment to numerous hands; but the quiet master 

 with his two-days-per-week pack has equal, if not 



