Sporting scenes and country characters . e pursuit of his game, heis no despiser or inattentive observer of every objectwhich is presented around, — the imposing stillness and 122 THE TRUE SPORTSMAN. solemnity of the ancient wood; the beauty of the slopingvalley, or the majesty of the towering mountain; thegentle whisper of the hidden rill, or the shout of theheadlong torrent;—each are subjects of pleasing associa-tion ; and he returns homewards refreshed in spirit andinvigorated in health. Nor, surrounded by his bosom friends and his ownfamily, is he at all churlish. His board is plentifully,
Sporting scenes and country characters . e pursuit of his game, heis no despiser or inattentive observer of every objectwhich is presented around, — the imposing stillness and 122 THE TRUE SPORTSMAN. solemnity of the ancient wood; the beauty of the slopingvalley, or the majesty of the towering mountain; thegentle whisper of the hidden rill, or the shout of theheadlong torrent;—each are subjects of pleasing associa-tion ; and he returns homewards refreshed in spirit andinvigorated in health. Nor, surrounded by his bosom friends and his ownfamily, is he at all churlish. His board is plentifully,but not lavishly spread. The feelings of his owngenerous nature are cordially shared in by the happyguests by whom he is surrounded, with that spirit offrankness, joy, and hilarity, which is unknown to theselfish. The pure light of his own heart is reflectedfrom those of his jocund guests; and the fount of kind-liness, benevolence, and good will, gushes with increasedpower, with more sparkling waters, and with more me-lodious STAG HUNTING. i^^«^H^F ^ the midland counties, stag hunting is a^f^ySk^^ sport which is now much pursued, par-r^ 1 *^0 ^^ ticularly in Norfolk, Suifolk, Berkshire,^^^^^^>^t(jL Essex, Hampshire, and former years, the royal staghounds and the NorthDevon, which were of very old standing, were the onlypacks known. The latter hunted the wild deer only,but they have lately been given up, either on accountof a deficiency of subscription, or in consequence of thefarmers having destroyed the deer for the protectionof their corn lands. A few words upon the subject ofthis hunt will not be uninteresting. The hounds were J24 STAG HUNTING. of a very large size, more like the bloodhound than anyother description of the present day, with long ears, anda very deep note. They were, no doubt, a cross of thebloodhound,— slow in pace, in comparison to the houndsof the present day, but sure of their prey. In hunting, the practice was to thro
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