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man in Yorkshire, has hunted his own 

 hounds uninterruptedly for thirty-eight sea- 

 sons, with high reputation to himself, and 

 satisfaction to the sportsmen who hunted 

 with him. 



A gentleman who hunts his own hounds 

 is sure to be fond of the sport, and he will 

 do all in his power (for his own credit) to 

 show it. On the contrary, servants hunt 

 hounds for their livelihood; and I have 

 seen some of them, now and then, more 

 anxious to go home to a two o'clock dinner, 

 that to find a second fox. 



The noble successor to Mr. Corbet, in 

 the Warwickshire country, — a good sports- 

 man, and always anxious to show sport, — 

 would sometimes say to his huntsman, 

 " Harry, Harry, you are thinking more of 

 your mutton chops, than of your hunting /" 

 It is very difficult to get a good huntsman, 

 such as Tom Rose, or Sam Lawley, — the 

 former, the Duke of Grafton's, the latter, 

 the late Lord Vernon's; Charles King, 



