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particular trade or occupation ; but as to his being 

 serviceable to his country, their narrow minds 

 cannot compass the idea. 



There is another very material error which such 

 persons cherish, which is this ; they consider a 

 man who, as they think, devotes his whole time 

 to amusement, must necessarily devote a consid- 

 erable portion of it to vice ; as is sometimes 

 said of a missing boy, " I dare say he is at 

 some mischief or other." But they would 

 figuratively go further with the Sportsman if 

 they could. They would play the part by him 

 the schoolmaster is stated to have done by the 

 boy, viz., flog him while he had him at hand, 

 under the conviction that he would deserve it 

 in the course of the day. 



Now with submission to these disciplinarians 

 I affirm, without hesitation, there is less vice 

 among true Sportsmen than is found in many 

 men of diff'erent pursuits. They hve a great 

 part of the year in the country ; are mostly 



