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pared with that of the subscribers to any 

 other hunt, I question whether these gentle- 

 men would not have it in their power to 

 command the larger amount of specie. It is, 

 indeed, a charming coincidence, conveying 

 in the most emphatic terms the high repute 

 in which the most exciting and invigorating 

 of all the sports in the world is held by this 

 powerful class of Her Majesty's liege sub- 

 jects. This, too, affords an excellent example 

 of the delightful grouping which the " noble 

 science" promotes. It is not now, as in 

 days of yore, when extensive landed pro- 

 prietors and a very limited number of country 

 gentlemen were the only persons who enjoyed 

 the sport of foxhunting; but we may traverse 

 England throughout and find representatives 

 of every class participating in the gay scene 

 at the covert side, and even the butty collier 

 is delighted to emerge from his subterranean 

 labours, and cheer his heart with the enliven- 

 ing melody of hound and horn. There is no 

 other kingdom in the world that has asso- 

 ciated with it any description of national 

 recreation imparting character to the inhabit- 

 ants, as foxhunting does to the sons of 

 Great Britain. 



