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HUNTING. 



PRE-EMINENCE OP HUNTING AMONG MANLY SPORTS ITS 



EARLY ORIGIN HUNTING A FAVOURITE THEME OF 



THE ABLEST WRITERS DEFENDED FROM THE CHARGE 



OF CRUELTY MR. MEYNELL*S OPINIONS ON FOX- 

 HUNTING GORSE COVERS EARTH-STOPPING EX- 

 PENSES OF A PACK OF FOX-HOUNDS — STAG-HUNTING — 

 SPORTING TECHNOLOGY THE ROYAL HUNT OTTER- 

 HUNTING HARE-HUNTING THE FOX NECESSARY 



QUALIFICATIONS OF A HUNTSMAN DOG LANGUAGE 



CONCLUDING PRECEPTS. 



Nature has prepared many advantages and plea- 

 sures for the use of mankind, and given them the 

 taste to enjoy them, and the sagacity to improve 

 them ; but of all the out-of-door amusements that 

 have occupied the modern world, at least the male 



