264 THE DL\IIY OF A HUNTS:MAN 



the writer in the outskirts of his country, and ran 

 directly straight away through the adjoining hunt, 

 and was killed twelve miles from where he was 

 found. It was remarked that the hair on the brush 

 was longer and lighter coloured than usual, and 

 the fur on the skin was finer and softer ; a member 

 of the hunt in which it was killed took up the fox, 

 before he was given to the homids, and exclaimed 

 at once, " D — d odd ! " and it was ascertained by 

 a mark to be one of a lot fi'om France the year 

 before. 



It is probable that some may think it injudicious 

 to make known that such things are ever imported 

 into this country, but these persons should also 

 bear in mind that it may have quite a contrary 

 effect, for when men who are hostile to fox-hunt- 

 ing think that they can destroy the means of sport, 

 they ought to know that any man who likes to be 

 at the expense of it, can import a thousand foxes 

 in a month. 



The A\Titer takes the opportunity of declaiming 

 against turning do^vm foxes, ha\^ng been fortunate 

 in hunting a country so well stocked as not to 

 require it ; but if it were necessary to resort to any 

 method, he would most assuredly adopt the follow- 

 ing, which is the only good and sure plan of getting 



