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to you as I heard it. The present Lord 

 Forrester and his brother Mr. Frank For- 

 rester, then boys, were at their uncle's for 

 the holidays. A farmer came to inform 

 them a fox had just been seen in a tree. All 

 the nets about the premises were collected 

 and the fox was caught ; but the Squire of 

 Willey, a sportsman himself, and a strict 

 preserver of foxes, sent the fox immediately 

 to Lord Stamford by one of his tenants, 

 that he might be informed of the real cir- 

 cumstance. The next day the hounds were 

 out, and also the Squire's tenant ; they had 

 drawn some time without finding, when the 

 farmer reminded his Lordship of the fox 

 caught ; " do you think, said he, I will al- 

 low my hounds to hunt a bag-fox ? I should 

 never be forgiven by my huntsman !" At 

 last, after drawing several coverts without 

 finding, his Lordship gave his consent (but 

 it was to be kept a great secret), and the 

 bag was to be touched upon the ground 



