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THE QUOEN.* 



HoNOUEED and renowned in history, and with its 

 prestige never higlier than at the present time, the 

 Quorn takes first rank among subscription packs. It 

 derives most of its support from Melton Mowbray, 

 which is, ]par excellence, the fashionable hunting centre 

 of England; and apart from its time-honoured and 

 intimate association with that place, and beyond the 

 fact that its maintenance and well-being has ever 

 been the foremost care of Meltonians_, it has such 

 advantages of positioii and country as few other 

 Hunts can claim. 



To hunt with the Quorn, " there are three courses 

 open to you." If Melton seems suited to you, hy all 

 means go there. ^Tis a hunting man^s paradise. But, 

 we would add, before labelHng yourself and your 

 belongings for Melton, take stock of yourself, your 

 proclivities, your capabilities, and above all, the 

 sphere which you have hitherto chosen — or which has 

 chosen you. Melton is not intolerant of the outer 

 world ; neither is it rigorous towards its own. In- 

 stalled and accepted there, no stern censorship will 



* Vide " Stanford's Raihvay and Hunting Map," sheet 9. 

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