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a pack of hounds that can kill their fox in 

 good style in a " plough country," must be 

 still more brilliant in a grass or better 

 scenting one. The last two or three sea- 

 sons have been very open, and scarcely any 

 stop put to hunting ; but I have heard 

 great complaints of the badness of scent 

 irom various parts of the kingdom. Query, 

 whether an old fashioned winter, with a 

 fortnight or three weeks frost only, about 

 Christmas, is not desirable ? The weather 

 in general then becomes moderate, less 

 boisterous, and more favourable to scent. 

 In corn countries, it is usual for managers 

 of fox-hounds to call out (" ware wheat ! ") 

 meaning, beware, don't ride over the wheat. 

 It has however been often proved, that 

 riding over wheat does it little injury, and 

 farmers never have the least scruple in gal- 

 loping over it themselves. An instance hap- 

 pened much to the credit of the parties, 

 which was told me by a friend, whose 



