. All round sport : with fish, fur, & feather ; adventures on the turf and the road, in the hunting and cricket fields, yachting courses, links, and curling ponds . peach or the Squire might kill them, the oldest said : Well,you see, all these lambs were killed by an Exkimaux dog be-longing to Missus Sprattcake, which is as like a fox as anythingand which made the farmers swear to it. Bill and Jim and mehere, trapped him last night and tied a couple of red herringsto his tail, and Bill slipped him out o covert as soon as thehounds were thrown in. But mind, you wont blab, will you 1 forif you d
. All round sport : with fish, fur, & feather ; adventures on the turf and the road, in the hunting and cricket fields, yachting courses, links, and curling ponds . peach or the Squire might kill them, the oldest said : Well,you see, all these lambs were killed by an Exkimaux dog be-longing to Missus Sprattcake, which is as like a fox as anythingand which made the farmers swear to it. Bill and Jim and mehere, trapped him last night and tied a couple of red herringsto his tail, and Bill slipped him out o covert as soon as thehounds were thrown in. But mind, you wont blab, will you 1 forif you do well lose our places. Promising faithfully not to do so, I rode down to the sceneof the dog fracas, and found, naturally, the lady in a violenttemper, saying that she would have a thousand pounds damagesfor her favourite Esquimaux dog, which was evidently in adying condition, whilst Tom the huntsman was repairing somedamages which had been done to one of his favourites by ahill dog. Well, maam, said the Squire, I dont mean to beoffensive, but if you urge this claim, I shall plead justification onaccount of sheep worrying which has now been fully proved to-. Wronging Reynard. 253 day and, not only that, but an action of damages for the lostlambs. This settled the matter, and she bowed and walked oft,followed by her curs, save the Esquimaux, which the gardenerwheeled off in a barrow. Well, just think of that, said the Squire, the best run wehave had this season, and all after an Esquimaux dog. Forgoodness, sake dont let it get into the Field or well be thelaughingstock of everybody ; but oh, what a scent they give off»dont they ? Yes, I said, stronger than a foxs, though I could notwhen I thought of the two red herrings under its tail, but thinkthat we had been wronging Reynard.
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