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its parents, "fortes creantur fortibus ; " whilst its 

 appetites, and the texture of its hair, will mostly 

 depend upon climate, time, and education. Thus 

 let us take a fox hound. There is no puppy 

 whelped a genuine fox hound. But, size and speed 

 having been imparted to him by his parents, his 

 profession through life, will entirely depend upon 

 the manner in which he has been brought up by 

 man. When first introduced on the field of Nim- 

 rod, his natural propensities will urge him to pursue 

 the stag, the hare, the rabbit, and the fox. But, 

 as he has to be an accomplished fox hound, and 

 nothing else, the huntsman, with an awfully long 

 whip in his hand ; and with the emphatically 

 pronounced words of " ware rabbit, — ware hare," 

 in his mouth, will, in due time, make the unedu- 

 cated brute comprehend, the he is destined to 

 become a thorough-bred fox hound ; the pride and 

 delight of his country lord ; and that he must for 

 ever give up all yearning to hunt and worry, any 

 quadruped that may start up in his path ; the fox 

 alone excepted ; — and this wily animal must be 

 pursued by him in a pack, over hill and dale, 

 through brooks and across quagmires, so long 

 as he has a leg to support him in the chase. Any- 

 thing short of this, would expose his instructor 

 to the opprobrium and reprimands of that society of 



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