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Perhaps an officer going on active service may, 

 or may not, be able to secure, or be given, by the 

 Colonial or War Office, some papers or pamphlets 

 pertaining to the country in which he is going to 

 serve. These may, or may not, be useful. There 

 is, however, no doubt whatever that the following 

 pregnant paper, which is undoubtedly very old, and 

 which was reprinted in 1880 by Messrs. William 

 Pollard & Co., printers, of Exeter, though for whom 

 then we are unable to say, cannot fail to be of use 

 to any one who would hunt and who reads it rightly: 



Some Rides of Advice as concerns Hunting. 



To all Western Sporters, greeting : for this Corn- 

 wall is a ticklish hunting-ground. 



1. To the Huntsman going out in the morning. 

 — Take especial care that no lame or sick hound 

 be of the party ; then jog on at the rate of five 

 miles an hour. Be not one minute behind time at 

 the place of meeting. Half-past ten is early enough 

 in the morning. 



2. To the Whipper. — Keep at least one hundred 

 yards behind the huntsman. Allow your hounds 

 to do the thing needful at their ease. Do not crack 

 your whip. If any hound picks up a bone, say 

 " drop it" — if that rate will not do, give him a slight 

 taste of the thong. You should know the character 

 of your hounds. Do not flog or rate a sulky or shy 

 one. Do not talk to grooms or others riding to 

 the meet. Pass all beer-shops, kidly-winks, and 

 lush-cribs of all sorts, without even looking at them. 



