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best packs in the kingdom ! Such a sight 

 would afford me more gratification than to 

 to have witnessed the coronation of Charles 

 the Tenth of France, — " Chacun a son 

 gout." 



Unless I have been misinformed, the 

 B. D. C. have a fund to relieve super- 

 annuated coachmen, and those with fami- 

 lies, who from accidents or sickness are 

 obliged to " he still," (that, I believe, is 

 the dragsman's term.) A similar one for 

 huntsmen and whippers-in, of good cha- 

 racter, you would, I am sure, be friendly 

 to, knowing your charitable disposition. 



A friend of mine, the other day, who 

 had some thoughts of taking rather a con- 

 fined country, which would only allow of 

 being hunted twice a week, requested me 

 to give him my opinion what number of 

 hounds, horses, &c. he should require. At 

 the present rate of taxes, supposing the 

 price of corn, meal, hay, &c. to be what 

 it is now, I should say, for twice a week 



