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in that coimtn' was ever dl*a^m Avithout a fox, and 

 that the lady's health was drunk at every hunt 

 dinner with double honours afterwards, for it had 

 been a standing toast previously. 



N.B. — A packet of tea or tobacco, would be 

 equally efficacious probably ; not to mention a keg 

 of brandy or hollands, which would come more 

 properly from gentlemen who are friends to the 

 noble sport, but have no other way of sho^^ing it. 



JNIen who hunt are generally perfectly un- 

 acquainted Avith hmiting terms, even the most 

 common, and it has often been an obstacle in 

 conversation when relating a day's sport ; for even 

 if a man has been told the meaning of any term, 

 unless he hunts often it is not likely that he A\dU 

 remember it i^dthout haAdng something to refer to, 

 to proAdde which has been the object sought m 

 compiling the following glossary. 



