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give them time, there is no cause for hurry 

 here, let them once settle to their work, and 

 though they are but harriers, if I know the 

 country hares from this place usually take, you 

 shall then be welcome to ride over them if you 

 can." 



"By gad, then, I'll try," thought the young 

 gentleman ; and so he did. But having in his 

 contempt for harriers mounted the slowest horse 

 he had, he found that harriers, if game ones, 

 the scent good and the run straight, as is some- 

 times the case when hares come from afar, can 

 go quite fast enough to make many a nag's tail 

 shake, who is held to be a fairish horse with 

 fox hounds. 



"I hope," remarked the squire, when the 

 hare was killed, "we have been able to show 

 you that we sometimes get a gallop, even with 

 harriers, it is al^\ays so at this season of the 

 year, jack-hares come long distances and when 

 disturbed make straight for home. 1 am happy 



