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TV /IE AS U RED by the human standard, 

 the life of a fox-hound is a short one. 

 It is not a butterfly existence ; it cannot 

 be summed up as short and sweet, or as a 

 short and a merry one, for war, hunting, and 

 love, as the proverb says, have a thousand 

 troubles for their pleasure. The problem 

 whether life is worth living is not one that 

 either fox-hunter or fox-hound are likely 

 to strain their intellects in solving. To 

 many persons who follow hounds, as 

 well as to the many who do not, a 



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