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sleep; he may be safely enougli walked straight 

 out of the stable, and be kicked along to the ex- 

 ercise ground : the other probably may require a 

 few turns round the yard, or some enclosed place, 

 before the boy could venture to take him on to 

 an open down; he would walk, canter, gallop, or 

 trot, if permitted to do so, cheerfully, pleasantly, 

 and probably safely. The other feels a gallop a 

 bore, a walk no recreation, and would (unless 

 watched) just as soon blunder on his nose as 

 stand on his legs. In a very mitigated degree, 

 something like this is the difference between a 

 hunter above his work and one below it. The 

 absolute capabilities of both may be equal, but 

 the cheerfulness or the reverse with which the 

 work is done is widely different. The reader can 

 now choose in which of the two ways he makes 

 up his mind to be carried. 



I will suppose that some one may determine, 

 from the different representations I have made, 

 to have his horses quite up to, or a little above, 

 their work. To enable him to do this, I must 

 give him a hint that he may find by no means 

 unnecessary. 



There is no doubt but that in a general wa}^ 

 a man may calculate, that with a given number 

 of horses he may, on an average, expect to get 

 a certain number of days' hunting during the 

 month ; and such calculation would hold good 



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