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an opportunity of alluding to the story of 

 the Dog in the Manger. And for another 

 reason, although farmers are liberal, they 

 think it hardly fair play, if they rent a farm 

 in the best part of the hunt for sport, to 

 have their land rode over constantly, whilst 

 in the other less favourable part the hounds 

 never meet. Their conversation at the 

 market dinner, over a bottle, is often upon 

 this subject ; whereas if you do but hunt 

 the whole country impartially, there can 

 be no cause for complaint. 



It is a very common case for a master 

 of hounds to be requested to draw such 

 and such a covert, merely because it may 

 happen to accommodate some of the gen- 

 tlemen out, by lying on their way home ; 

 now, if an acquiescence in this should cause 

 no inconvenience or material alteration in 

 the arrangements made for the day, it may 

 be all very well to do what you can to 

 oblige any particular person or set of men 



