AND THUS ENDS THE SUBJECT, 7\) 



Richmond^ if each were in a state of equal dis- 

 tress^ though arising from different causes and 

 exertions. 



We cannot have all we wish in this world. I 

 therefore consider we are only left to the choice 

 of whether we will ride horses in half-and-half 

 condition^ with slow hunting, for twelve seasons, 

 or, allowing that severe exercise does shorten 

 duration of animal power, do so in tip-top form, 

 with fast hounds, for a shortened period. So far 

 as regards the amount of kindness or the reverse 

 towards the animal by the two different systems, 

 I believe it, on the aggregate, would be pretty 

 much the same. 



