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well as hunt. Any man who possesses common 

 sense and common patience will be able to hunt a 

 pack of harriers, which, in fact, require very little 

 interference on the part of their huntsman or 

 Master, for the more they are handled and hallooed 

 the worse they will become. Hare-hunting muse 

 be considered as a quiet recreation, apart from 

 noise, parade, and ostentation ; and I quite agree 

 with Beckford, " that if you make a serious busi- 

 ness of it you spoil it," 



