. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. at in many districts, before manymore years, it will be reckoned as a thing of the , however, there was never heard a whisper of the scarcity of foxes. Afox found poisoned, orshot, would have beenconsidered as an in-delible disgrace to thedistrict. The word vul-pccide was not coined,because the crime hadnot been farmer ever sent ina claim to the Hunt,and only old women,cottagers, ever wantedcompensation for thegander, or the two orthree hens that theyhad lost; as to warningoff land, it had neverbeen
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. at in many districts, before manymore years, it will be reckoned as a thing of the , however, there was never heard a whisper of the scarcity of foxes. Afox found poisoned, orshot, would have beenconsidered as an in-delible disgrace to thedistrict. The word vul-pccide was not coined,because the crime hadnot been farmer ever sent ina claim to the Hunt,and only old women,cottagers, ever wantedcompensation for thegander, or the two orthree hens that theyhad lost; as to warningoff land, it had neverbeen dreamt of, muchless practised. In other ways, too,hunting was different—both horses, and hounds wereheavier, and slower then ; it was not the pace of therun that was discussed at night, but its length, and thebehaviour of both hounds, and horses. Fox huntingbegan much earlier in the morning than it does now;and a good solid meal of cold meat, washed down with atankard of home brewed, was vastly superior to a modernlawn meet breakfast, with its wines and liqueurs, to. vox 111NUNC. BREAKFAST. HUNTING. 307 steady the nerves, to say nothing of the flask of jumpingpowder. Sport, too, was found much nearer the Metropolisthen than now. Morning Post, August 14, 1805: ToSportsmen and others.—A Deputation to be granted ofthe very extensive Manors of HORNSEY and FiNCIlLEY,in the County of Middlesex, with the liberty of Huntingand Shooting over, and upon, the said Manors, aboundingwith game, &c. The Epping Hunt, too, where the citizens ^ annually met
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