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liis memorable " pink ; " we will forgive him 

 the damage he occasionally does the farmer on 

 the score of the good he does in the other 

 particulars, so on the whole the balance of good he 

 does is in his favour. " Then why, Mr. Author," 

 he might say, " find fault with me ? " I have 

 found no fault with him ; I merely, say that 

 being no Sportsman he more than probably 

 makes himself ridiculous in attempting to show 

 as one. 



We now come to a character on whom I 

 fear I cannot bestow the negative praise of 

 doing no harm and if I say he does any good 

 I must admit he does so in an indirect way 

 and without any intent on his part to do so. 

 Every living man does some in some way, the 

 laudability of so doing consists in the intention, 

 and in the case of the character coming before 

 us, I fear if he actually does not intend 

 injury to any particular individual his pursuit 

 does mischief in carrying it out and still more 



