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bear, and to keep within a certain line of 

 country: the person was received with 

 great hospitality, and after a long confer- 

 ence, in the course of which many bumpers 

 were drank, and no arrangement made, old 

 Land sent the messenger back to Good- 

 wood, a little the worse for liquor, with the 

 following laconic answer, ( not very respect- 

 ful, you will say,) — " That he had hunted 

 the country before his Grace was born, 

 and he hoped to do it after he was dead 



and d d." Mr. L. was, however wrong 



in his calculation, — as the Duke outlived 

 him many years. 



In modern times, hunting early is un- 

 necessary ; the breed of hounds, the feed- 

 ing, and the whole system is so much im- 

 proved, that the majority of foxes are found 

 and killed in the afternoon, (I mean after 

 twelve o'clock). In former times, the only 

 advantage of finding a fox early must have 

 been that his belly was full; for perhaps 



