72 SHOOTING: 



Jesting apart, I'm sure I never met 



'Mongst any class, so jovial a set 



As Sportsmen are ; for when they seek the field, 



Sorrows may press, they never to them yield, 



But from each care superior seem to rise, 



Their inward grief's unseen to other's eyes ; 



Such the effect of sport and exercise. 



Stout lace-up boots, I much prefer to shoes ; 

 When both well made, if you the latter choose, 

 You find the heath or brambles often get 

 Under the instep leggings, which will fret 

 The feet ; and as on them so much depends 

 The pleasure this delightful sport attends, 

 You'll find it far more fit the same t' encrease 

 In easy boots, that to the ankle lace ; 

 But cautiously abstain from putting on 

 For the first time a pair, when bent upon 

 A long day's fag ; for were you so insane, 

 They'd cause much less of pleasure than of pain ; 



