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THE CREAM OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 



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fully from whence they came. There was very little of the 

 spu'it of charity or Christian patience apparent in the caval- 

 cade that moved back to Harboro', subdued but not silent; 

 and methinks I heard more than one denunciation muttered. 

 Certainly to be left so long in doubt by no means softened 



COLONEL F. ANSTRUTHEIl THOMSON. 



As tnie a huntsman rloth lie look, 

 As bugle e'er in break did sound, 

 Or ever holloaed to a hound. 



the final disappointment ; and, though it might be thought 

 inadvisable to hunt, there might at least, on such an occasion, 

 have been a meet with all the proper accessories. However, 

 it is only due to the master to say that there was still such a 

 quantity of snow in the country round Kelmarsh, that anyone 

 forming his opinion there could not but conclude that himting 

 was out of the question. 



