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exploits of valour the day you were not 

 out. Business and politics should never 

 be permitted as subjects of conversation in 

 the hunting - field, not even during cub- 

 hunting, when any other topic may certainly 

 be tolerated, if not encouraged. One of the 

 secondary pleasures of the chase is social 

 intercourse, the cementing of friendships, 

 and the opportunities of better acquaintance 

 with neighbours which it affords. 



These opportunities are not always taken 

 advantage of, for though we all can point 

 to fields where most of the regular followers 

 are on such terms as to make it almost a 

 happy family circle, we probably all know 

 one or more hunts where jealousy, pride, or 

 pure foolishness spoil much of the comfort 



and pleasure of all. In most fields there is, 

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