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to be spoken to by farmers and others on 

 the occurrences which commonly happen 

 in the day's hunting ; if things go on well, 

 and the sport is good, the master of the 

 pack is no doubt the person most pleased, 

 feeling conscious that his exertions con- 

 tribute much to the amusement of the 

 day; and there is certainly no pleasure 

 more gratifying to ourselves than that of 

 pleasing others. On the contrary, if every 

 thing should go on untowardly, which will 

 frequently happen on a bad scenting day, 

 he ought to be mindful that the Field like- 

 wise participates in his disappointment. 

 There is not a greater misery than return- 

 ing home after bad sport ; every thing ap- 

 pears to go wrong; but suppose the hounds 

 to have done their work well the whole 

 day, having no wild horsemen to over-ride 

 them, and you kill your fox handsomely 

 after a run of an hour and a quarter ; then 

 I can imagine I hear you talking to your 



