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prejudicial to sport as meeting too often at 

 favourite coverts, or disturbing them un- 

 necessarily. A fox is a shy animal, and if 

 he is not allowed to remain quiet, will often 

 lie in drains and in the fields, and of course 

 get killed by greyhounds ; and if you disturb 

 your best coverts on bye days, you are not 

 acting fairly to the people who hunt with 

 you, as you cannot expect to find in a covert 

 so recently drawn. 



I have frequently been requested to give 

 my opinion on the subject of countries being 

 kept together as they were originally hunted. 

 In part from my own ideas, formed early in 

 life, and in part from those of experienced 

 sportsmen with whom I have conversed 

 upon the subject, I will endeavour, in the 

 clearest manner I am able, to lay down 

 what appears to me to be the law on this 

 important, though delicate case ; and which, 

 in my humble opinion, if rigidly attended 

 to, would be most beneficial to the cause 



