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chace, with death at the end of it, than with the; 

 bell chace poffible, if it end with the lofs of the 

 fox. Good chaces, generally fpeaking, are long 

 chaces ; and, if not attended with furcefs, never 

 fail to do more harm to hounds than good. Our 

 pleafurcs, I believe, for the mofi part, are greater 

 during the expectation than the enjoyment : in 

 this cafe, reality itfelf warrants the idea» and your 

 prefcnt fuccefs is almoU a fure fore-runner of fu- 

 ture fport. 



I remember to have heard an odd anecdote of 



the late Duke of R , who was very popular 



in his neighbourhood. — A butcher, at Lyndhurfl, 

 a lover of the fport, as often as he heard the 

 hounds return from hunting came out to meet 

 them, and never failed to aflc the Duke what 

 fport he had ? " Very good, I thank you, honefl 

 friend." — " Has your grace killed a fox ?" — "JVb.- 

 <« —We have had a good run, but we have not 

 *' killed." — '''-FJIiawT cried the butcher, looking 

 archly, and pointing at him with his finger. — > 

 This vv'as fo conftantly repeated, that the Duke,- 

 when he had not killed a fox, was ufed to fay, h& 

 was afraid to meet the hutclier. 



You aflc, why the huntfman is to draw io 



quietly ; and, why up the wind ? With regard io 



his drawing quietly, that may depend on the 



kind of cover before him ; and alfo on the feafon 



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