The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . ii ^^^^5- 367. HUNTING. PRE-EMINENCE OP HUNTING AMONG MANLY SPORTS ITS EARLY ORIGIN HUNTING A FAVOURITE THEME OF THE ABLEST WRITERS DEFENDED FROM THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY MR. MEYNELL*S OPINIONS ON FOX-HUNTING GORSE COVERS EARTH-STOPPING EX-PENSES OF A PACK OF FOX-HOUNDS—STAG-HUNTING—SPORTING TECHNOLOGY THE ROYAL HUNT OTTER-HUNTING HARE-HUNTING THE FOX NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS OF A HUNTSMAN DOG LANGUAGE CONCLUDING PRECEPTS. Nature has prepared many advanta


The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . ii ^^^^5- 367. HUNTING. PRE-EMINENCE OP HUNTING AMONG MANLY SPORTS ITS EARLY ORIGIN HUNTING A FAVOURITE THEME OF THE ABLEST WRITERS DEFENDED FROM THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY MR. MEYNELL*S OPINIONS ON FOX-HUNTING GORSE COVERS EARTH-STOPPING EX-PENSES OF A PACK OF FOX-HOUNDS—STAG-HUNTING—SPORTING TECHNOLOGY THE ROYAL HUNT OTTER-HUNTING HARE-HUNTING THE FOX NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS OF A HUNTSMAN DOG LANGUAGE CONCLUDING PRECEPTS. Nature has prepared many advantages and plea-sures for the use of mankind, and given them thetaste to enjoy them, and the sagacity to improvethem ; but of all the out-of-door amusements thathave occupied the modern world, at least the male S68 HUNTING. part of it, nothing has better stood the test of timethan the noble diversion of hunting. Of all our fond diversions,A hunters is the best;In spite of wars and petty jars,That sport has stood the test And why has it stood the test ? Not merely be-cause the passion for the chase is interwoven closelywith our nature; not because it o


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