. Sport . ight ;there is not space in it for the absorption of an-other sensation. Talk of opium ? of hashish ? theycannot supply such voluptuous entrancement as arun like this ! Taking stock again of his company, he israther glad to see (for he is not an utterly selfishfellow) that the man on the right has also gotsafely over the big brook, and is going well ; butthere is absolutely no one else in sight. It is clearthat unless a check of some duration occurs,or the scent should die away, or the fox shoulddeviate from his hitherto straight course, these twocannot be overtaken, or even approach
. Sport . ight ;there is not space in it for the absorption of an-other sensation. Talk of opium ? of hashish ? theycannot supply such voluptuous entrancement as arun like this ! Taking stock again of his company, he israther glad to see (for he is not an utterly selfishfellow) that the man on the right has also gotsafely over the big brook, and is going well ; butthere is absolutely no one else in sight. It is clearthat unless a check of some duration occurs,or the scent should die away, or the fox shoulddeviate from his hitherto straight course, these twocannot be overtaken, or even approached. No suchcalamity—for in this case it would be a calamity—takes place; and the hounds, now evincing thatpeculiar savage eagerness which denotes the vin-dictive mood known as ** running for blood, hold 28 SPORT. on their way across a splendid grass country forsome two miles further with undiminished an excited rustic is seen waving his hat ashe runs to open a gate for our friend on the left. THE SHADOW OF DEATH. exclaiming, as the latter gallops through withhurried but sincere thanks, Hes close afore em:theyll have him soon ! And sure enough, a fieldor two further the sight of a dark brown objectslowly toiling up a long pasture-field by the side
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