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memory, and I could certainly give you 

 several anecdotes of the principal hunts- 

 men in the kingdom, as you require ; but 

 they must be reserved for a future time, 

 when, after a day of sport, you give me a 

 corner by your fireside, — both of which I 

 think I deserve from you as a grateful 

 pupil, after so long a lecture ; in which 

 I doubt not, long before this, you must 

 have thought me, like " Old Thunder " and 

 " Bellman," pottering on the scent; I there- 

 fore candidly tell you I am " beat ; and as 

 the time is almost at hand when you will 

 meet your brother sportsmen in the field, 

 where you will be much better amused 

 than by reading my dull observations, I 

 shall bid you farewell, — wishing health, 

 happiness, good sport, " and long life," and 



remaining, my dear friend, 



Ever yours very sincerely. 



