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do or what he may see ; a wild racing ten 

 minutes' burst, twenty-five minutes' glorious 

 galloping and jumping, or fifty minutes 

 over the broad vale. However many good 

 things a man in a long life may see with 

 hounds, he will never see two alike ; each 

 will make a different call on his valour or 

 discretion, and yield some new experience 

 of the wonderful power of a good horse. 



There is a fine array of arguments made 

 use of by those who think it necessary to 

 defend hunting or to recommend it. The 

 farmer may be told it is good for him to see 

 his seeds ridden over and his fences gapped, 

 and that barbed wire is the unpardonable sin 

 referred to in Holy Writ ; that it is good 

 for him, because hunting will enable him to 

 sell hay, oats, and straw, and provide horses 



