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Scottish moors, as Mr. Parr used to say, and he was 

 an authority, ' do more good than a month anywhere 

 else.' Hunting and coursing, both being inexpensive 

 amusements, come well within the compass, means, 

 and ability of both jockey and tramer, and are indulged 

 in with freedom. 



Then, again, in travel in search of needful recrea- 

 tion, have any men, with the exception of idiotic 

 adventurers and foolish explorers, who lose their 

 lives for the sake of notoriety, or our sailors and 

 soldiers, had the opportunities of enriching them- 

 selves with important knowledge which our jockeys 

 and trainers enjoy? What ' moving accidents by 

 flood and field ' must they have witnessed before 

 reaching ' The rocks and hills whose heads touch 

 heaven,' in order to converse with the anthropophagi 

 and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders, 

 or dine with the cannibals of the Fiji Islands ! Europe, 

 Asia, Africa, and America they have traversed, and 

 carefully studied the manners and customs of the people 

 inhabiting those great and distant lands. In sum, 

 they have compassed the whole terraqueous globe in 

 search of knowledge and horses to ride ; for be it 

 known that in the vast and illimitable watery ele- 

 ments there exists the sea-horse in enormous multi- 

 tudes, untamable as the zebra, but less beautiful. 

 But that any of these great and noted travellers and 

 horsemen have left us any account of their peregrina- 

 tions and discoveries I am at present unable to ascertain. 



