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ones, is sure to lead more or less to demoraliza- 

 tion of character, low association, and considerable 

 expense. A young man thus circumstanced is 

 certain to be more or less pillaged in various 

 ways, for he will find it next to impossible to 

 rid himself of such acquaintance, they will not 

 be shook off, and will be found on any 

 pretended loss to make constant inroads on his 

 purse through the medium of his pride as a 

 sporting character, or his humanity; we will 

 say little of their cheating him in their 

 representations cf the stated qualifications of 

 any dog they sell him, or their misleading 

 as to the results of any match they may make 

 for him, all this perhaps a few pounds would 

 pay, but the perversion of his habits and ideas 

 no money can pay for ; our only hope is that 

 he will early see his error. I do not mean to 

 say that it would amount to any thing like 

 proof, but if I met a young man with a 

 couple of bull dogs or distinctly bull terriers 



