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ceived by ignorance, or, in justice let it be said, 

 by roguery either. 



It is true that Dick Christians, all faults, virtues, 

 and peculiarities considered, are only met with 

 perhaps two or three times in a century, still 

 there are men of a similar cast who are, I should 

 say, the very best and safest to apply to for a 

 hunter : they really know what is fit for a man, 

 and it is not all who know wdiat is fit for them- 

 selves. To such men, as the best of all modes, 

 I recommend men young in the field to apply to 

 make up their stud, large or small. 



But supposing a buyer determined to purchase 

 for himself (though strongly recommending him 

 not to do so unless he has experience in such 

 matters), I will give him such hints as I trust 

 may be useful to him. 



After expenditure, the next point for consider- 

 ation is country, involving, as it does, the sort 

 of horse that ought to- be pmxhased as the best 

 adapted to go over it. 



Ha\ang at times hunted with more than a 

 dozen different packs of fox-hounds, I have of 

 course seen a variety of countries, each, in some 

 respects, differing from the other, but not all so 

 much so as to require a different description of 

 hunter to get over them. I will therefore only 

 instance four; these being perfectly distinct in 



