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divest himself of alarm. One day this season 

 I witnessed a particularly sharp burst over the 

 most flinty part of the country, when those 

 horses that were with the hounds were nearly 

 at their full speed, but no mischief ensued. 



" There is one part of riding over Hamp- 

 shire, however, very injurious to horses, and 

 from which I have witnessed several bad ac- 

 cidents in the little I have hunted in it, and 

 that is leaping into the roads covered with 

 broken flints. At these fences, where the drop 

 is considerable, every man who has a regard 

 for his horse, and has a good use of his own 

 legs, should dismount ; for though the injury 

 to the internal foot may not immediately ap- 

 pear, danger of ruining him for ever is always 

 at hand. 



A particular sort of horse, as well Horse suited 

 as hound, is adapted to Hampshire. t0 Hants * 

 He should be well bred, on account of the 

 hills ; short in his legs, quick, and handy to 

 turn ; a good upright leaper, and not long in 

 the pasterns, on account of the flints. The hair 

 on his heels should be encouraged to grow ; he 

 should be drawn fine in his body, and set on 

 the muzzle the night before hunting. 



K There is one part of Mr. Villebois' The Hartley 

 country which, when looked at by a country ' 



