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merely because their master tenaciously 

 adhered to the antediluvian long-eared 

 custom of not having them " rounded." 



The French emigrants who were in Eng- 

 land have endeavoured in many places 

 through France to introduce the English 

 mode of hunting, but in general without 

 success ; although their king, Charles the 

 Tenth, and most of the royal family, are 

 particularly fond of it. The farmers have 

 no idea of people riding over their land, or 

 what they call " chasse a cheval" In some 

 places, even if you attempted riding par- 

 tridge shooting, the whole country would 

 be up in arms. Several English and French 

 families were anxious for me to establish a 

 subscription pack on the Continent ; but, 

 after the experience I had had in shooting, 

 I knew it was impossible to have procured 

 leave, either from the owners of coverts or 

 the farmers. I never could convince a 

 Frenchman, who had not been in England, 



