an
secured three; doctor P.'s two, and doctor G.'s the other bird.
A _consultation_ afterwards took place respecting the fate of these poor
tremblers, when it was humanely determined that they should be taken in
a basket to some distance, and liberated, which was accordingly done.
A keen sportsman would not approve of this forbearance; but perhaps none
of the doctors had taken out a license to kill--GAME.
"A male and female hare were put together by lord Ribblesdale for one
year, when the offspring amounted to sixty-eight. A pair of rabbits
inclosed for the same time produced above three hundred. The value of
rabbits' wool used annually in the manufacture of hats in England is two
hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
"A few days ago a hare was observed lying before a door in
Manchester-street, London. The poor animal was immediately pursued, and
in less than a minute the street was crowded: she succeeded in making
her way down through Duke-street, followed by an immense mob. The
novelty of a hunt in such a place caused every person in the surrounding
streets to join in the chase. Notwithstanding her numerous pursuers she
made her way down Oxford-street and into Stratford-place, where she got
into the corner next to the duke of St. Alban's house, and remained
quietly until she was taken alive by the duke's porter in the presence
of an immense concourse of spectators.
"On the twenty-ninth of October last, in the afternoon, a fox was seen
crossing the fields of Camptown in Bedfordshire, followed by a
shepherd's dog. The fox first made his way into the grounds of the
reverend Mr. Davies's boarding-school, at Campton, where the boys were
at play. Reynard was no sooner in the midst of this juvenile assembly
than a tumultuous uproar assailed him, from which he fled with all speed
through a border plantation into the road, and crossing to the house of
the reverend Mr. Williamson the minister of the parish, he bolted
through the glass into the library. Here a female servant was cleaning
the room, who by the sudden and unexpected appearance of this new
visitor was thrown into fits. The family running into the apartment
found the fox skulking in a corner, and the poor girl lying extended on
the floor. With some difficulty she was recovered, and master Reynard
was bagged for a future chase. Nobody can tell where the chase
commenced, but the dog is known to belong to a shepherd at Meppershall,
the adjoining parish to Campt
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