. The cream of Leicestershire : eleven seasons' skimmings, notable runs and incidents of the chase, selected and republished from "The Field" . as one of yoursins; or you might have met the hounds issuing from thegates at if you are practical. You were better oif inthe latter case; for it was a bitter morning, such as Novemberseldom offers—a hoar frost under the hedgerows still, and a. Seasox 1876-77.] FIRST FRUITS OF 1876. 167 north wind that treated your ears as if they were autumnleaves. There was but a gentle crowd with the hounds—amatter of strong contrast with the Kirby Gate gather
. The cream of Leicestershire : eleven seasons' skimmings, notable runs and incidents of the chase, selected and republished from "The Field" . as one of yoursins; or you might have met the hounds issuing from thegates at if you are practical. You were better oif inthe latter case; for it was a bitter morning, such as Novemberseldom offers—a hoar frost under the hedgerows still, and a. Seasox 1876-77.] FIRST FRUITS OF 1876. 167 north wind that treated your ears as if they were autumnleaves. There was but a gentle crowd with the hounds—amatter of strong contrast with the Kirby Gate gathering of theQuorn, whereat the innovation of bicycles ( ye gods, what anage we live in!) prepared us for the news that elephants are infutuie to form part of the Lord Mayors Show. I do not know if Anno Domini 1876 be marked in the publicstatistics as an exceptionally healthy one; but I confess Inever saw men or horses with such a bloom on coats and coun-tenances. Faces so rosy and skins so shiny have a happyaugury about them, and show a regularity of habit and dietmost creditable to summer quarters. We live in reformiueftimes nowadays, yet float along on a good Conservative stream,whose waters have more the flavour of stout La Rose andLafitte than of the Gladstonian wash. Yes, men have turnedout this year with a radiancy that onl}^ thorough health, happyanticipation, new coats, and a
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