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been arranged in a better method. Although 

 acquired by study, long thought, and strict observa- 

 tion, if they have any value, it is their originahty. 

 His hope is, by attempting to make them sharp, 

 short, and decisive, to induce men to read them ; 

 and if they should be the means of promoting the 

 taste for hunting — a sport to which this country is 

 indebted for the superiority of its officers over most 

 other nations, etc., as well as the social feeUng which 

 it creates in the country where hounds are kept — 

 he will have gained his point. 



