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Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 41The Huntsman'S Point of View

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Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 41

The Huntsman'S Point of View

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One of the best runs of the season.
Good scent all the way.
Sir Heavistone Stogdon unfortunately fell at a stiff bank and broke his collar-bone.
At the last moment, I regret to say, the fox got away.
A FOX HUNT
(After a tapestry)
BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET
He encounters a "coomb," and wonders if it is soft at the bottom.
WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET
Sportsman (from the bog). "Confound you, didn't you say there was a sound bottom here?"
Shepherd. "Zo there be, maister; but thou 'aven't got down to un yet!"]
BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET
How he found a "Warrantable Deer."
BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET
In Devonshire.
FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY--
Jones (who has been having a fair bucketing for the last half-hour, as he passes friend, in his mad career). "I'd give a fiver to get off this brute!"
Friend (brutal). "Don't chuck your money away, old chap! You'll be off for less than that!"

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Anonymous — Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field (Anonymous) (author lived 1871–1949). Public Domain. Anonymous, Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #39160. Source

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Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 42

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