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grouse or deer either. This happens year after 

 year, and yet, with these facts before them, many 

 will not take warning. 



Hunting I will not touch on, because that is an 

 expensive amusement ; but I can say this, my 

 hunting never cost me a farthing. I used to buy 

 young horses, make them, and sell them at good 

 prices. But a man must not be only a good rider, 

 he must be a good judge of a horse as well. 



I know many men who hunt, shoot, and 

 fish, and their amusement costs them little or 

 nothing. 



Now a few words as to yachting. That we all 

 know is a very expensive amusement too ; but even 

 this is to be managed — of course not in the style 

 of very many of our noblemen. I knew a man 

 who bought a schooner of one hundred and twenty 

 tons, and laid out some money on her besides ; this 

 yacht he let for three months during the season, 

 and did so well by her, that, in two years, he had 

 his purchase-money back and something more to 

 boot. The remainder of the season he used her 

 himself. Still, a vessel of this size requires a 

 number of hands, and it is a risk. He kept a 

 small yacht for his own amusement as well. 



A man with moderate means may have a great 

 deal of pleasure out of a boat of fifteen or twenty 



