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the new inclosures were made ? If I may 

 be allowed to hazard an opinion, I should 

 say it was occasioned by the hounds cross- 

 ing the cold black bogs, when heated by 

 their exertions in the chase, which in some 

 places will not bear their weight, and which 

 they must wade through : the sudden chill 

 appears to me likely to cause this horrid 

 calamity ; for I have seen them return from 

 hunting shivering with cold, from the black 

 bog dirt sticking so long upon them. 



I cannot quit the New Forest without 

 once more mentioning Mr. Gilbert. He 

 was a man that loved fox-hunting, a good 

 sportsman without conceit; but yet the 

 sporting world formed ct good opinion of 

 him. He had a natural genius particular 

 to himself: I have seen him often recover 

 a fox in a wonderful way, when all chance 

 of hitting him again appeared hopeless. 

 But, alas ! he is no more. His great friend 

 and ally, thank God, still remains, and 



