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OBSERVATIONS, &c. 



My dear C. 



I he present improved system of managing 

 Hounds is so well known, that any thing I 

 may write on the subject you will probably 

 have heard before ; nevertheless, if the fol- 

 lowing desultory hints afford you any enter- 

 tainment, I shall be satisfied ; as to instruc- 

 tion, I am persuaded they cannot. You 

 wish to know my opinion on various points 

 relating to this noble diversion, which con- 

 tributes so much to the health and amuse- 

 ment of a country life ; I have, therefore, 

 put together, in the best manner I could, 

 the substance of my observations on every 

 thing relating to Fox-hunting, as far as the 



