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merit, thus depriving the carnivora of an intimacy with the 

 human family, which leads to contempt of our powers of 

 resistance, or possibly a relish for our flesh. 



Few of us have not experienced the excitement of a gal- 

 lop over a good grass country, with the spotted beauties 

 leading the way, getting over the ground at a racing pace, 

 while your mount is nearly hauling you out of the saddle 



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with enthusiasm and inclination to make himself on still 

 more familiar terms with the pack. By Jove, how reckless 

 such excitement makes you feel ! Fear is banished for the 

 time being all sense of danger is dispelled to the winds, 

 and sooner than be thrown out you would ride at a canal, 

 or charge any height of timber. You may be old yet for 

 the time feel young : you may be blase yet you feel as 

 buoyant as when you made your debut. But it is far from 



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