314 HUNTING TOURS. 



health, unhappily, do not give much promise 

 of his hunting next winter, his Grace's medical 

 advisers having entered a protest against it. 

 It is to be hoped, however, that thej may be 

 mistaken, and that the Duke will more quickly 

 regain his strength than they anticipate. The 

 absence from the hunting-field of a nobleman 

 who so liberally supports foxhunting, and who 

 evidently takes so much pleasure in the chase 

 as the Duke of Rutland does, will be a source 

 of universal sympathy and regret. 



