The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen, and More Especially Those (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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I feel that I shall not only be acquitted of flattery, but have the world with me when I say that, apart from the prestige attached to his illustrious position, to no one could this work be more aptly dedicated than to one who, in every hunting-field in which he has appeared, has shone pre-eminent, as in all sports and pursuits becoming English gentlemen, and I acknow ledge a just pride in the patronage of him who, with the whole Royal Family, has established claims, no less upon our affections than our loyalty.

Being unexpectedly called upon by the most enter prising of publishers, I have revised every page of the volume issued thirty-five years since, chiefly for the benefit of 'the rising generation of my own locality. I regret that it is not in my power to render it any way more attractive, than by favour of its readers it has hitherto been held.

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