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and the low price coach-masters purchase 

 theirs at, would be very little encourage- 

 ment to a breeder to select well-bred mares, 

 and put them to strong thorough-bred bony 

 horses, and pay that attention so necessary 

 to put forward a clever four years old, if 

 they have not the chance of being remu- 

 nerated. The breed of men also would 

 degenerate, and the characteristic of the 

 nation would be changed: instead of the 

 hardy, open-hearted, liberal-minded Briton, 

 you would see nothing but an effeminate 

 race, that would only meet once a year at 

 a grand battue, to shoot a tame pheasant, 

 and that would be the only chasse in Eng- 

 land. Amongst a thousand other advan- 

 tages belonging to fox-hunting, the bring- 

 ing together the different ranks of society 

 is not the least : you can see a great deal 

 of life, — and it is no bad school to study 

 mankind in. The emigration to the con- 

 tinent is very great at the present day, but 



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