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highest distinction. Foxhunting woiihl be 

 divested of a great portion of its charms 

 if ladies were opposed to the pursuit, while 

 the gay scene at the covert side is ren- 

 dered infinitely more enchanting and interest- 

 ing when graced with their patronage. It 

 is a delightful sight to witness a finished 

 horsewoman, whose seat is the very perfection 

 of elegance, and whose delicate hand the 

 sagacious creature knows so well how to 

 appreciate, riding her well-trained hunter 

 over a country. 



The run of the season, however, occurred 

 after I had left, and I must, therefore, depend 

 on the kindness of a friend for a description 

 of it. The place of meeting was the Bull and 

 Butcher Inn, but the partiality the foxes were 

 represented to have exhibited for early lamb, 

 induced Mr. Baker to repair at once to Bag- 

 shaw's Grorse, where the hounds found 

 instanter, and as quickly went away, leaving 

 Lester's Piece on the right, nearly to Bunker's 

 Hill, but turned to the right of Thurleston, 

 in the direction of Fulham Wood, when, 

 making a circuit, they reached Causton, at 

 which place three or four foxes were on foot, 

 and the hounds settling to a fresh one, ran 



