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•mastership rather than the country should be 

 without a pack of hounds. Such men frequently 

 do it on terms by which they are aware they 

 must lose, but make this sacrifice to render 

 themselves popular in their county. Such men 

 have usually subscribed liberally to the hunt 

 before, so on taking to the management they 

 are not deterred by contemplated loss. Such 

 men are usually of some standing in their 

 county, and are perhaps, in some cases, next in 

 consequence to an owner of hounds ; by that 

 term I mean to allude to a nobleman or gen- 

 tleman keeping them without the aid of any 

 subscription. 



But all masters of hounds are not thus 

 situated. There are men who like the thing 

 and avoid subscription by taking the mastership; 

 and others again, poorer men, undertake it at a 

 specified amount, trusting to making a profitable 

 speculation in so doing ; a somewhat hazardous 

 undertaking. A man may calculate, and calculate 



