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town . About eleven o ' clock , a slight fluttering in our light sails , and a dark lijie on the sea-resting sunbeams , ( the presence of the on-coming ripple , ) gladdened us with a prospect of advancing ; and , in a few minutes more , the sails filled , and the ship glided along towards the mole : we anchored , warped along side it , and fell to , to strip her of every thing ; and , by sunset that evening , the A was as naked as she was born ; that is , as when she * as launched from the stocks : and that night , I went to sleep , serenaded with a lullaby from the musical throats of Gibraltar cuckoos , alias donkeys .
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Sir , —You , of course , have seen in the papers , the account of an Indian boar , which lately escaped from its iron cage , and left the estate of its owner , Mr . Shard , to wander and commit havoc in the neighbouring woods of Lord Grenville , at Dropmore , in this county . You must have heard too , what a commotion he has caused among the unfledged sportsmen in this
neighbourhood ; how they sallied out to meet it ; how , as soon as they saw its frightful tusks , some turned their horses heads homewards , galloping back faster than they came , while others clambered for safety up into high trees ! So he is still at larger which I , as a dear lover of manly sports , sincerely hope he * will
remain , and be the means of re-establishing a species of hunting more resembling the noble chase of our hardy ancestors , and better suited to the boasted courage of Englishmen , than the paltry , chicken-hearted , namby-pamby sport called hunting , in these degenerate days .
The origin of hunting was clearly to rid the land of savage or noxious animals , whose existence was inimical to the peace or safety of mankind . The excitation of the chase was admirably enhanced by the danger ; for man feels a pride and satisfaction in meeting an enemy worthy the honour of subduing ; his skill , aided by efficient weapons , being scarcely sufficient to place him on a par with the wild animals of the forest , unless he have the assistance of numbers . Mark how we once brave islanders have
declined in hardihood and valour ; from beef and ale at six , a . m . to tea and toast at noon ; from a coat of mail and a hunting spear , to silly stays and a riding whip ; from facing the savage wolf or boar , to cantering after a draggled hare !
I don ' t like to talk of myself , sir ; but , I suppose , it may be as well just to say , that although I am not a squire Western , I ani a chip of the old block , and with my father ' s mansion and s I > orting estate have inherited—I ' m quite conscious of themma ny of his peculiarities . The chase is my passion—my wife
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* A Boar Hunitr . 227
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A BOAR HUNTER .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1834, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2631/page/71/
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