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ours) afford him amusement, and in August 

 the quail, and in the south the partridge. 



The most astonishing conversion to 

 English ideas is perhaps contained in a letter 

 I received the other day from an Austrian 

 friend, who says, "Everybody here is 

 o-ivino- up their i6-bores for 12's. I am 

 going to myself." 



My original article contained a comparison 

 of the position of the fox in England and 

 Germany. But in these last half-dozen years 

 it has become manifest that in many English 

 counties Reynard is tottering on his throne. 

 Still we are a long way from German 

 methods with him yet. The remarks with 

 which I ended it are as true in my experi- 

 ence then as now, so here they are. 



" In conclusion, there is one point which I 

 must not omit, even though it tells against 



