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throws a halo round the sarrounding district ? 

 Is it not that the Prince Consort, making shoot- 

 ing and deer stalking the only field sports he 

 pursues with anything like avidity, causes the lo- 

 cality to be sought, and the pursuits it affords so 

 eagerly followed? It is a tacit compliment paid 

 to his taste. Old statesmen who would be far 

 more comfortable at their country seats, brave the 

 Northern breeze. Quere; Is not this that they 

 may be warmed by basking in the sunshine of 

 royal favour ? Else why this sudden migration 

 Northwards ? I cannot otherwise solve the question. 

 There are some men who, without being 

 anything out of the common way as shots, are 

 celebrated for their pointers and setters, and no 

 bad thing do they make of it. The rearing a 

 pointer or setter pup is a very different affair to 

 that of rearing a racing colt. If well broke and 

 having been shot over a season, I have seen such 

 dogs fetch fifty or sixty guineas, in some cases 

 more. Verily, either master or man must be 



