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alacrity and eagerness, and have been known to 

 keep up a constant chase for eight or ten hours 

 together; and it is hard to say, whether the spirited 

 eagerness of the Hounds, the ardour of the Horses, 

 or the enthusiasm of the Hunters, is most to be ad- 

 mired. The Fox is the only one of the party which 

 has the plea of necessity on his side; and it ope- 

 rates so strongly, that he often escapes the utmost 

 efforts of his pursuers, and returns to his hole in 

 safety. The smell of his urine is so offensive to the 

 Dogs, that it sometimes proves the means of his 

 escape from them. When all his shifts have failed 

 him, and he is at last overtaken, he then defends 

 himself with great obstinacy, and fights in silence 

 till he is torn in pieces by the Dogs. 



There are three varieties of Foxes in this island, 

 which differ from each other more in form than in 

 colour. 



and Kelton. Mr. Turner tired three Horses -. and only three Hounds 

 were in pursuit, when he thought proper to call them off, it being 

 near five in the evening. The chase was upwards of fifty miles. 



