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afforded us really a fine day's sport ; and to M. E. 

 Brunier I am much indebted for the amusement his 

 establishment afforded me, as well as for the inva- 

 riable good nature and desire to entertain me whicli 

 he manifested on every occasion. 



It was dark long before we regained our home ; 

 and the painful hour, alas ! approached, when I was 

 to bid adieu to the hospitable chateau, and to those 

 friends that had received me not merely as an ac- 

 quaintance, but as sincerely, as affectionately, and as 

 well as if I had known them all my life, or even 

 been their relative by the ties of consanguinity. 



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