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HOUiNDS. 



As I wrote but a few lines back, it is the land- 

 owners and farmers who are the backbone of hunt- 

 ing, and by providing the foxes and the land to ride 

 over they freely give to the cause of foxhunting a 

 contribution upon which no real estimate can be 

 put. Let this be remembered by all followers of 

 hounds. 



