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have not patience to hear men (who for- 

 merly, when in Leicestershire, never saw a 

 hound after they had found) say, " no 

 other country is fit to hunt in !" 



I have seen very good sport out of Lei- 

 cestershire, and I hope I shall again. If gen- 

 tlemen would preserve foxes more liberally 

 in the rural countries, people would hunt 

 and reside more at home ; and, in conse- 

 quence, more money would be circulated 

 in their own neighbourhood, the agricul- 

 turist benefited, the lower orders employ- 

 ed, and the poor rates reduced. I re- 

 member an instance in a parish of some 

 considerable extent, where only one gen- 

 tleman kept an establishment, the poor 

 rates were double what they were in a 

 neighbouring one of the same magnitude, 

 where several gentlemen resided. 



I was very much surprised to hear of a 

 bill being brought into Parliament to make 

 game private property, and by a Yorkshire- 



