. The best of the fun, 1891-1897. Horses; Hunting; Fox hunting. MIGRATION IN THE FROST 195 Here, they told me, hunting had not been stopped since Christmas Day, the very date on which we went into winter quarters, and since which the most we had known of fox-hunting was contained in the querulous plaints of the frozen-out muster in the club smoking-room. Monotony is a word wholly insufficient to express the existence of a hunting man who has no bones to waste upon skating, and who, after a first week in which to see a play or two, eat a dinner or two, and perhaps try on a coat, finds himself s
. The best of the fun, 1891-1897. Horses; Hunting; Fox hunting. MIGRATION IN THE FROST 195 Here, they told me, hunting had not been stopped since Christmas Day, the very date on which we went into winter quarters, and since which the most we had known of fox-hunting was contained in the querulous plaints of the frozen-out muster in the club smoking-room. Monotony is a word wholly insufficient to express the existence of a hunting man who has no bones to waste upon skating, and who, after a first week in which to see a play or two, eat a dinner or two, and perhaps try on a coat, finds himself still penned up in London, only because the country, and the contemplation of an idle stud, is more aggravating -mmm An idle stud In Ireland a sense of warmth and sport seemed to pervade the land. Cattle and sheep were browsing at large in the green fields, amid richest grass. A happy lot, methought, is that of the Irish farmer ! He is seldom called upon to fodder his stock ; and his beasts are never pinched with cold and short commons. His tenure is fixed by law, and his payment of rent by his own inclina- tion. He has no gates to keep in repair, and, as for his fences, it takes a mighty hard knock to make a gap in a bank. Instead of five horses that may be seen dragging a plough through the stiff clays of Mid England, a light brood mare and a donkey will do all the ploughing and harrowing that lie needs. Take my advice, farmer friends of Northamptonshire. Go west, but go no further than Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elmhirst, Edward Pennell, 1845-1916; Giles, G. D. (Godfrey Douglas), 1857-1941. London : Chatto & Windus
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