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ticular place, to oblige a friend who may 

 have a party of fox-hunters at his house; 

 and, provided you can do this without inter- 

 fering with your arrangements, and that it 

 is not prejudicial to sport in other parts of 

 the hunt, there can be no harm in comply- 

 ing with it. 



When I have drawn a covert blank, and 

 have suspected some trick has been played 

 to prevent my coming again that season, I 

 always made a point of taking it in its turn, 

 and drawing very close. Some illiberals I 

 have known, who kill all the foxes, and 

 when the hounds meet at their covert, have 

 a bag-man ready to turn down, taking care 

 to have two or three foot people placed at 

 different parts to halloo at the same in- 

 stant, that it may appear there are several 

 foxes on foot. This may deceive a young, 

 inexperienced Sportsman ; but an old one 

 it never can. I remember, some years ago, 

 a person who I was certain killed foxes, 



