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and, though the country has been desecrated by railways, 

 fox-hunting has met with no panic, no reverses ; it still 

 flourishes with vigour, still holds up its head unscathed by 

 the iron hand of time, and unfettered by the lines of inter- 

 section. 



Fox-hunting has been the glory of England for the last 

 century ; all classes of the community share in its prosperity 

 as they do in its pursuit ; it yields a princely revenue to 

 government, and thus lightens the load of taxation from the 

 poor man^s back ; in fact, so various are they, that it would 

 be difficult to enumerate the different channels through 

 which good flows to the country from the source of fox- 

 hunting; like the far-famed stream of Peru, it scatters 

 golden blessings far and wide o^er its own favoured land. 

 Yorkshire, as I have before stated, is pre-eminent in the 

 maintenance of this manly sport, and, in all probability, it 

 will continue to flourish there, as long as a fox, a foxhound, 

 and a horse are bred in the county. 



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