KANDOM THOUGHTS ON HUNTING. 



THEY take, it seems to me, a false as well as a 

 narrow view of human life, who denounce all 

 amusement and recreation, as unworthy of account- 

 able and immortal beings. The transition from 

 exercise to relaxation seems to be a requirement of 

 our mental as well as our physical constitution: 

 and (to adopt an illustration, which, however trite, 

 is exceedingly pertinent to our matter), as the bow 

 which is never unstrung, however excellent the 

 material of which it is composed, soon loses its 

 elasticity, and comes to be utterly worthless so 

 fares it with the individual, who, forgetful of this law 

 of his nature, would keep either mind or body in a 

 state of constant tension ! The history of man, in 

 every phase of his existence in every stage of his 

 progress, from the grossest barbarism to the highest 

 pitch of refinement shows that amusement, under 

 some shape or other, is indispensable to him. And 

 if this be so, it is a point of wisdom, and it is even 

 promotive of virtue, to provide him such as are 



