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on the number I think necessary ; too 

 many horses would be an useless expense, 

 and they would be continually laming 

 themselves, from their being too fresh and 

 above their work. Too many hounds, also, 

 are an useless incumbrance ; for they never 

 can be worked often enough to keep them 

 steady and in wind. And if you have too 

 many servants, they will be continually 

 quarrelling, for want of something better 

 to do. 



Earth-stopping is very expensive in some 

 countries, and it may amount to more than 

 I have calculated. There is also another 

 expense, which I cannot estimate ; that is, 

 money paid to keepers and others for the 

 preservation of foxes : a few pounds occa- 

 sionally given with judgment, will often be 

 of great service ; but a large sum, given 

 indiscreetly, will do more harm than good. 



I subjoin a list (with the local names or 

 those of the masters) of the numerous hunts 



