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fun : waiting shivering in the cold for two 

 or three hours is not very agreeable, — 

 and your horses are in great danger of 

 catching cold. If you have no chance of 

 getting him out soon, and the day is not 

 too far advanced, it is far better to draw 

 for another fox, after having taken proper 

 precautions against the probability of his 

 being taken by fox-stealers. 



That slow operation of digging for a 

 fox, is only allowable when your hounds 

 are in great want of blood; from experi- 

 ence I know it may be sometimes neces- 

 sary, and on such occasions it cannot be 

 considered unsportsmanlike. Any thing 

 may be done, as I observed before, in 

 reason, except turning out " a Bag-man." 



The simple fact of my having had ex- 

 cellent sport, and having received the 

 greatest kindness and support, in the coun- 

 ties of Essex and Suffolk, will, I hope, 

 apologize for my giving you some account 



