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mounted, and riding well to hounds ; they 

 never interfere with the management of 

 them when in the field, contribute liberally 

 to the expense, and pay their subscriptions 

 regularly. The sum of fifty or a hundred 

 pounds is nothing out of an individual's 

 pocket ; but to a manager of a subscription 

 pack, the fact of twenty subscribers, each 

 paying his fifty to a day, is a thing of no 

 small consequence, as he is required to 

 pay for almost every article in advance, 

 old oats, hay, meal, &c. and the interest of 

 the money amounts to one subscription at 

 least. Whenever I went to town I received 

 the greatest kindness and hospitality from 

 these Gentlemen ; capital dinners, and the 

 choicest wines. We occasionally went " the 

 best pace over the mahogany," and often 

 ran the Portuguese a sharp burst, and whoo- 

 whooped many a long corked Frenchman ! 

 Blood is so necessary to a pack of fox- 

 hounds, that if you are long without it, you 



