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man, who set to riding and mobbing him, 

 and the consequence was they came to a 

 check ; however, fortunately getting the 

 scent again, they had one of the best runs 

 of the season, but did not kill. In my opi- 

 nion, if this unsportsmanlike act had not 

 taken place at so critical a moment, the 

 hounds would in all probability have killed 

 their fox. 



Some people think it fair to mob and ride 

 a fox, and fancy it takes something out of 

 him, and that the hounds will sooner run 

 into him ; but nine times out of ten it is 

 the means of his beating them, as it bothers 

 the hounds, foils the ground, and it fre- 

 quently happens when a fox has been rode, 

 the pack cannot hunt him afterwards. 

 When before speaking of servants, I should 

 have observed, that I was formerly an advo- 

 cate for cap-money, thinking it did no harm, 

 saved a little in servant's wages, and, hunt- 

 ing my own hounds, I took care no unfair 

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