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SHOOTING-LADIES 



T F I am old-fashioned enough to think 



the fair sex much more In their place 



by the fireside on our return from hunting, 



than scratching their faces, spoiling their 



complexions, and risking limb. If not life, 



by our sides in the field, I am just 



enough to admit that there is something 



to be said on each side In that case. 



Fishing, again. Is a sport, against the 



participation In which by women It Is 



difficult to say more than that they might 

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