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system, and 1 have often thought that instead 

 of meeting at 1 1 or 12 o'clock at the end 

 of the regular hunting season, when the days 

 are drawing out and evenings are fairly light, 

 that a much later hour for the tryst w^ould 

 produce far better sport. Towards Easter 

 time the ground is frequently as dry as a 

 turnpike road, and we often find that hounds 

 only begin to run just as we are leaving off 

 and going home. 



