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and when the hounds were holding merrily 

 together on one fox, and had nearly beat 

 him, he was sure to halloo them to a fresh 

 one, and swear it was the same we were 

 hunting. After begging him to desist with- 

 out effect, I rode up and spoke to him in 

 any thing but gentle language; when he 

 instantly got into a violent passion, and 

 declared, nothing on earth should ever 

 make him halloo another fox for me! I 

 thought, for once, he was silenced; but 

 before the words were scarcely out of his 

 mouth, a fresh fox crossed the main ride 

 in the covert, and the moment he viewed 

 him, he was at it again, — " Tally-ho! Tally- 

 ho! Tally-ho! — I will he d d, Sir, if 



that is not the hunted fox /" 



In a country that shall be nameless, 

 where every one not only fancied himself a 

 huntsman, but would on some occasions put 

 his fancy into practice, a farmer actually 

 came out one day with a horn, and began 



