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without both of which, to my mind, no sport 

 can exist. I never could make up my 

 mind, to go to any of their Batu'es. I 

 won't say that the danger attending them 

 has kept me away, though it is by no means 

 trifling, for the accidents we read of far ex- 

 ceed in number those which occur in Fox- 

 hunting ; and surely a fall from a horse is 

 better than being shot by a friend. 



The feeds given on these occasions are 

 generally capital, though to a real Sports- 

 man, there is but little amusement. 



Happening to be on a journey in a mail 

 coach one Christmas, as we were changing 

 horses in a small market town in the lower 

 part of Hampshire, I saw an immense quan- 

 tity of game lying at the coach office to be 

 forwarded to its destination. I enquired 

 from whence it came ; and was informed a 

 grande batue had taken place not far dis- 

 tant. Knowing some of the party, I naturally 

 enquired of the landlord of the inn who had 



