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be found elsewhere. If this, upon a nice in- 

 vestigation of the matter, should appear to be 

 strictly true, the conclusion that would neces- 

 sarily result from it might prove more than 

 I mean it should ; therefore we will drop the 

 subject. Should you, however, differ from me 

 in opinion of your town life, and disapprove 

 what I have said concerning it, you may 

 excuse me, if you please, as you would a 

 lawyer who does the best he can for the 

 party for whom he is retained. I think you 

 will also excuse any expressions I may have 

 used, which may not be current here; if you 

 find, as I verily believe you may, that I 

 have not made use of a French word, but 

 when I could not have expressed my mean- 

 ing so well by an English one. It is only 

 an unnecessary and affected application of a 

 foreign language that, in my opinion, is de- 

 serving of censure. 



To those who may think the danger which 

 attends on hunting a great objection to the 

 pursuit of it, I must beg leave to observe, 

 that the accidents which are occasioned by it 

 are very few. I will venture to say, that 

 more bad accidents happen to shooters in 

 one year, than to those who follow hounds in 



