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consistently with the general good of 

 the hunt. You should also endeavour 

 to gain the good will of the farmers ; if any 

 respectable body of persons suffer from 

 hunting, it is them; and I think it not 

 only ungentlemanly, but impolitic, to treat 

 them in the field, or elsewhere, other- 

 wise than with kindness and civility. They 

 have a great deal in their power, and if 

 once you gain their respect and esteem, 

 whilst becoming popular amongst them in 

 general, it will save you many a litter of 

 foxes, and you will go on pleasantly with- 

 out any grumbling. 



I considered the hunt giving a farmer's 

 " silver cup," to be run for either at the 

 hunt races, or at the annual county meet- 

 ing, as one of the most popular things they 

 could do; and I know from experience, 

 nothing pleases the yeomanry so much. 

 No doubt it is often won by trick, I mean 

 by a horse which belongs to some one out 



