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THOUGHTS UAON HUNTING. - 



after hunting, *' a soup made of bread and wine, and an 

 ** onion." — I fear an English groom would eat the onion 

 and drink the wine- 



The same author has also a very peculiar method of 

 catching rabbits, which you will please to take in his own 

 words : he calls it, Cbasse dii lapin a Vecrevisse. " Cette 

 *' chasse convient aux personnes qui ne veident employer ni fu- 

 *' rets ni armes a feu: on tend des pochcs a une extremite d^un 

 " terrier^ et a r autre on gtisse une ecrcvisse; eel animal arrive 

 " peu-a-peu an fond de la retraite dii lapin, le pique, s'y at- 

 '* tathe avee tant de foree, que le quadrupede est oblige defuir,- 

 " emportant avee lui son ennetni, et vient se faire prendre dam 

 •* le filet qu'on lui a tendu a Voiiverture du terrier, Cette ehasse 

 " demande beaueoup de patience: les operations de Vecrevisse 

 ** sont lentes, mais aussi elks sonl quelquefois plus sttres que 

 •' celles du furet.''* 



This gentleman's singular method of hunting rabbits 

 ivith a lobster, reminds me of a method that Harlequin* 

 has of killing hares (not less ingenious) with Spanish snuff. 



* The Harlequin of the Italian theatre, whose tovgue is at liberty, as 

 well as his hvds. 



