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let the London man impugn the sense of the 

 country one for not knowing his way about the 

 city. The London youth may take the country 

 one to the play, shew him the intricasies of the 

 theatre, the lobby, and may pique himself on wink- 

 ing at, or speaking to, several of the unfortunates 

 he finds there ; this only shows his father has 

 been very careless in not knowing such was his 

 practice, or very idle in not horsewhipping him 

 well when he found it was so. * Probably was 

 the thing represented to mama and his sisters, 

 their only reply would be, " Yes, we believe 

 that Alfred is a little gay. They would then 

 wonder, if brought up in this way, he turns out a 

 scamp and reprobate. 



I trust I have shewn that the hunting-man 

 and the owner of race horses are each highly 

 beneficial to society, in different ways, and that 

 I have shewn they are as domestic as men 

 following other pursuits in life. We will now 

 pass on to the Coursing man. 



