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maintained either a pack of fox-hounds or boar-hounds.* 

 George III. was strongly attached to hunting; his great 

 grandson, the Prince of Wales, " loves it better still." 



In all our streets, in our fields, in our highways and 

 bye-ways, along the surface of merry England, and across 

 it ; under ground in coal-mines ; revolving in a mill ; 

 in short, in every direction, and wherever we go, we see 

 before us sometimes as man's companion, sometimes as 

 his servant, sometimes as his slave, and occasionally as 

 his master the horse, respecting which and his rider we 

 will now, without further preamble, venture to offer to 

 our readers the few following remarks. 



* About 44 years ago a Frenchwoman, the proprietor of a small 

 farm, showed us, as a great curiosity, a "billet de logement" 

 which had been inflicted upon her, of which the following is a trans- 

 lated copy : 



" The widow will lodge for one night fifty-four dogs." [The Duke 



of Wellington's hounds just arrived from England.] 



" (Signed) , 



" Mayor." 



" Imaginez-vous done," exclaimed the poor old lady, uplifting 

 her eyes and the palms of both hands; "Imaginez-vous done 

 cmquante-quatre chiens ! !" 



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