A RUN WITH THE 

 the field to come bustling up. Then 

 some dismount to ease their blowing 

 nags, while others ride around to 



help, as they suppose, the non- 

 plussed hounds. Their noisy babel, 

 as they talk about the run and chaff 

 late-comers, would annoy one were 

 it not so ludicrous to see how much 

 a gallop moves these Dutchmen from 

 their cold stolidity. 



Now one young hand, supposing 

 all is over, off-saddles, as his custom 

 is, and leaves his horse to roll ; but 

 at that moment hounds once more 

 hit off the line, and helter-skelter, off 

 we pelt, leaving this young man to 

 gain experience. Onward down the 

 long hillside we press, now bending 

 right, now swinging left, but ever 

 edging on towards the " Flats." A 

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