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kept in the best way, and hunted in the first 

 style harriers can be, are not men of the same 

 consequence or standing in a county as is the 

 owner of the foxhounds. His funds are smaller, 

 his power more limited, consequently all his acts 

 and pursuits are on a minor scale. Still many 

 of them are men of fortune, living on their own 

 estate, which, probably, their ancestors have done 

 from time immemorial. No man is more respected 

 by the country round than is such a character. 

 I do not except a duke, who may possibly keep 

 his foxhounds in the same county ; in fact it 

 may happen that the squire's name is always 

 mentioned with regard and respect, whereas that 

 of " His Grace " or ** My Lord's " is spoken of 

 in quite a different manner ; this difference for 

 or against either, of course, depends on the 

 MEN, not their positions. For owning large 

 means, interest, and weight, will produce for the 

 one no real respect, unless they are turned to 

 good purpose, whereas the powers of a kind and 



