AN EARLY WEEK. 



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It is a regrettable fact that no fixed plan is in vogue among 

 the countrymen of the Grass Countries for dealing with the 

 many loose horses that bring shillings to their honest nets. 

 Witness two instances belonging to the past week, illustrative 

 of two entirely different methods of procedure. In the one case 

 the rescuer took the runaway by the bridle and ran on with 

 him till he could go no further seeking the owner at the tail 

 of the hounds ! In the other, catching a horse in the road^as 

 the hunt swept by, he forthwith climbed upon a gate with the 



reins in his hand, lit his pipe, and there awaited the turn of 

 events, or the arrival of the dismounted one. But the latter, 

 poor man having by ill luck been persuaded by the closeness 

 of that day to inclose himself in cords instead of leathers soon 

 tired of crossing a particularly strong thorn country on foot, and 

 leaving the lost hunter to chance, walked home to lunch his 

 second horseman eventually appearing with both in hand. 



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