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and we have often heard him declare, that he never 

 enjoyed better sport, or saw longer runs, when 

 hunting the far-famed Quorn country, than over 

 the much-despised flinty hills of Hants and Wilts. 

 Of Assheton Smith himself, and his rival, Osbal- 

 diston, so lately consigned to the tomb, nothing now 

 remains but the fame of their extraordinary ex- 

 ploits by flood and field, which will be handed down 

 through succeeding generations of sportsmen, until 

 foxhunting shall be 110 more. 



