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man too ! Formerly, a Yorkshire-man and 

 a Sportsman were synonymous. If the 

 bill passes, it will annihilate fox-hunting! 

 Is it likely a marchand de gibier, (of 

 which, no doubt, there will be many,) will 

 allow hounds to draw his coverts, or even 

 a gun to be fired, or a dog to enter his 

 premises? No more elevated barrels or 

 percussion locks will be necessary, and the 

 name of a sportsman in a few years will be 

 forgotten. 



The game laws in France are not clearly 

 understood by the lawyers : the old de- 

 spotic law is done away with ; and the new 

 ones, made since the revolution, are so very 

 indefinite, as not to be understood. I had 

 the misfortune to be prosecuted for a 

 trespass by an old Countess who lived at 

 Harfleur; and having consulted my soli- 

 citor, he advised me to wait on the lady, 

 and acquaint her that she had been misin- 

 formed by her " Garde" that I had not 



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