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encourage the defenders of their grand pastures to 

 hunt. 



It seems quite likely that, should the present 

 agricultural depression continue, we shall in the 

 future have to pay for the land we hunt over, much 

 in the same way, but, of course, with smaller rents, 

 as we now pay for shooting. 



The last " Regulation" is that, whether dressed in 

 the scarlet coat of war or the pink one of the chase, 

 we must never be mean. 



The scarlet is popular with all classes, and with 

 our voluntary army it is most important to keep it 

 so ; besides, it is Her Majesty's Livery. 



The pink coat is equally popular. The farmers 

 as a rule would rather have six men in pink over 

 their land than one in mufti ; the country people, 

 men, women, and children, all flock to see it ; the 

 railway people, the innkeepers, the ostlers, etc., etc., 

 all run to serve it, and all money which comes out of 

 its pockets does something for the good of " the 

 cause." 



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