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damage done. There is little danger of 

 misunderstanding between game-preservers 

 and hunting-men so long as they cultivate 

 a neighbourly feeling and are kind to each 

 other's little weaknesses. Some of the best 

 fox-preservers are game-preservers, and the 

 best among these are not always those with 

 the most extensive shooting. But where is 

 the sum of all these generalities when the 

 circumstances of each county differ? In 

 some counties the game-preserver is a diffi- 

 culty ; in others, as in Norfolk, he has, with 

 his armies in velveteen, kept fox-hunting 

 almost off the land ; in others there is little 

 shooting and much hunting ; in others again 

 a good deal of both. In one hunt the very 

 number who turn out, or a tactless Master, 

 spoil the sport, while in another the field 



