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man, if he be a huntsman, will drive ; the slow- 

 huntsman will have slack hounds, — but there 

 is less danger that a cautious and deliberate 

 huntsman will spoil hounds or mar sport 

 more than the man who is for ever galloping 

 his hounds. Do not imagine that when I 

 speak of a dashing huntsman I mean a noisy, 

 hollering, horn - blowing, harum - scarum 

 Hotspur ; but one to whom hounds rush, 

 knowing he means to give them sport ; who 

 goes sharp to cover, and into it as if he 

 meant business ; who expects, as soon as 

 the clear view-halloo tells that a fox has 

 " gone away," that, as he flies to the open, his 

 whips will look sharp and get every eager 

 hound to him ; who intends that every man 

 who wishes to go shall have the chance if he 

 can ^ive it them ; and that till his fox is 



