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were never so much distressed as iii the heat of the 

 moniincr. which increased as the hounds got tired. 

 Yet however agTeeable it may be. it is not so much 

 hke business as m the monimg : the men have a 

 great deal to do afterwards, and it disarranges the 

 estabhshment. Still it is a more gentlemanlike 

 hour for a man who hunts his own homids ; and 

 on a quiet evening nothmg can exceed the plea- 

 siu-able feehng it creates. One of the greatest 

 objections to it is, that many men are induced to 

 ride out at that time with the homids. who would 

 not early in the morning : and nothing is more 

 annoying to a huntsman than haA^ing strange horses 

 in the rides when the young homids first enter, and 

 the pack are runnmg in cover. It cuts them off and 

 prevents their getting about A\-ith the hmitsman, 

 and they get ridden over, either o^viiig to their own 

 awkwardness or that of the horse or rider. There- 

 fore it is best not to make kno^^ii when thev 

 are gohig : at all events, unless those who do go 

 out. go Axitli the understanding that they are not 

 to expect sport, or get in the way of the hounds. 

 They will be apt to urge a huntsman to have a 

 gallop, which would be as childish ui him to do. as 

 for them to ask of him : for probably if he did he 

 would lose half his vomio- hounds, and all the 



