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by halves, we leave so much undone. We do not 

 yet call the noble Earl Chol-mond-eley, nor do we 

 talk of going to Car-shal-ton, but, in the old style, we 

 still go to Case-horton. It would not be doing justice 

 to the modish refinement of the Rev. Dr. Cursham, 

 of Mansfield, to omit his late communication to a 

 London journal, that his female dog had littered four- 

 teen pups ! 



But for hunting, and sporting slang of every de- 

 scription, and, indeed, for every species of informa- 

 tion relative to our national sports, with their regular 

 chronology, I refer the aspirant and the curious stu- 

 dent to that most popular periodical work, which I 

 have already so often quoted, the Sporting Maga- 

 zine. They will in that find a grammar and a text 

 book, affording them the most ample satisfaction. 

 This periodical has long enjoyed a most extensive 

 circulation, not only throughout Britain and Ireland, 

 but on the continent, in America, the East and AVest 

 Indies, indeed, wherever the English language is 

 known. 



Having been a contributor to this Magazine some 

 seven and thirty years, originally a volunteer, I am 

 enabled to say a few words on its origin and history. 

 It was started about forty years since, by Mr. Cooke, 

 an engraver, who, unable to turn it to any use, whether 

 to himself or the public, gave the bag to hold to the 

 late Mr. Wheble. This latter proprietor continued the 

 publication during six or seven years, with little better 

 success ; but, being also the proprietor and publisher 

 of two weekly newspapers, he was enabled to publish 

 the Magazine on better terms than his predecessor, 



