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port to tlie notice of a nobleman, and would very 

 probably accost him as Jem or John, the doing 

 of which would arise from w^ant of reflection, and 

 consequent want of suitable conception and esti- 

 mation of men and things. We will of course 

 give the young noble credit for a courteous and 

 perfectly gentlemanly demeanour in the field; 

 for unless quite " apostate to his faith,^' his edu- 

 cation and habits would ensure his being so; 

 but it is quite possible that the same little mis- 

 taken ideas of propriety might induce a certain 

 manner and certain expressions very distantly 

 (let us hope) approaching to what might be held 

 as bearing some affinity to " Slang,'' the very 

 antithesis of such noblemen as I have mentioned 

 ■ by name as owning fox-hounds. 



The appearance and manners of the servants 

 of the more fashionable and younger M. F. H. 

 will most likely differ from those of the other 

 noble in minor points : they w ill of course know 

 their business perfectly, though it is possible that 

 in their endeavours to show a clipping run and 

 fast thing, they may occasionally lose a fox ; 

 their appearance probably will have a spice of 

 something of London, Newmarket, and steeple- 

 chasing in it, at' all events, difi'erent from that 

 of the men of the other pack, who, if seen at 

 Tattersairs, would be at once set down as a 

 huntsman and his whips, even if their persons 

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