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out for himself the points where he can see, hear, and, so to speak, 

 command hounds till they go away ; must learn how to rise the 

 hill with least labour, and descend it with 

 greatest despatch, how to thread glen, 

 combe, or dale, wind in and out of the 

 rugged ravine, plunge through a morass, 

 and make his way home at night across 

 trackless moor, or open storm-swept 

 down. By the time he has acquired 

 these accomplishments, the horseman- 

 ship will have come of itself. He will 

 know how to bore where he cannot 

 jump, to creep where he must 

 not fly, and so manage his horse 

 that the animal seems to share 



the intentions and intel- 

 ligence of its rider. If he 

 can afford it, and likes to 

 spend a season or two in 

 the Shires for the last 



superlative polish, let him go and welcome. He will be taught 

 to get clear of a crowd, to leap timber at short notice, to put on 



' To creep \vhere he must not fly.' 



