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tlieir piiWication — wliich Mr. Smith would 

 never have dreamt of — saying, ^' You ought to 

 publish them, for they are really original re- 

 marks ; a huntsman is rarely capable of TVTit- 

 ing, and thus AYhatever he has learnt dies with 

 him.'' This seemed a sufficient reason for the 

 venture; and accordingly the notes were di- 

 gested in the course of the next six weeks, 

 and published by Messrs. '\\^iittakers, under 

 the title of The Diary of a Huntsman. As 

 everything in it was matter of fact, Mr. Smith 

 was not surprised to find that it was well 

 received ; in a pecuniary point of ^iew it was 

 most successful; and but one sportsman ever 

 endeavoured to criticise or contradict any part 

 of it, stating that dew rose instead of falling, 

 as believed by Mr. Smith. 



Whilst residing at the cottage, Mr. Smith 

 ventured once more to himt with the royal 

 stag-hoimds, though this was not his inten- 

 tion when he left home ; he only meant to see 

 the stag tiu-ned out and then return. The 



