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1、HOWTORIDETOHOUNDSHuntingSketchesbyAnthonyTrollope1HOWTORIDETOHOUNDSTHEMANWHOHUNTSANDDOESN'TLIKEIT.Itseemstobeodd,atfirstsight,thatthereshouldbeanysuchmenasthese;buttheirnameandnumberislegion.Ifweweretodeductfromthehunting-crowdfarmers,andotherswhohun
2、tbecausehuntingisbroughttotheirdoor,oftheremainderweshouldfindthatthe"menwhodon'tlikeit"havethepreponderance.Itisprettymuchthesame,Ithink,withallamusements.Howmanymengotoballs,toraces,tothetheatre,howmanywomentoconcertsandraces,simplybecauseitistheth
3、ingtodo?Theyhaveperhaps,avagueideathattheymayultimatelyfindsomejoyinthepastime;but,thoughtheydothethingconstantly,theyneverlikeit.Ofallsuchmen,thehuntingmenareperhapsthemosttobepitied.Theyareeasilyrecognizedbyanyonewhocarestoscrutinizethemenaroundhim
4、inthehuntingfield.Itisnottobesupposedthatallthosewho,incommonparlance,donotride,aretobeincludedamongthenumberofhuntingmenwhodon'tlikeit.Manyamanwhosticksconstantlytotheroadsandlinesofgates,who,fromprinciple,neverlooksatafence,ismuchattachedtohunting.
5、SomeofthosewhohavebornegreatnamesasNimrodsinourhuntingannalswouldaslifehaveledaforlorn-hopeasputahorseataflightofhurdles.Butthey,too,areknown;andthoughthenatureoftheirdelightisamysterytostraight-goingmen,itismanifestenough,thattheydolikeit.Theirtheor
6、yofhuntingisatanyrateplain.Theyhaveanacknowledgedsystem,andknowwhattheyaredoing.Butthemenwhodon'tlikeit,havenosystem,andneverknowdistinctlywhatistheirownaim.Duringsomeportionoftheircareertheycommonlytrytoridehard,andsometimesforawhiletheywillsucceed.
7、Inshortspurts,whilethecherry-brandyprevails,theyoftenhavesmallsuccesses;butevenwiththeassistanceofaspurintheheadtheyneverlikeit.2HOWTORIDETOHOUNDSDearoldJohnLeech!Whataneyehehadforthemanwhohuntsanddoesn'tlikeit!Butforsuch,asapictorialchronicleroftheh
8、untingfieldhewouldhavehadnofame.Briggs,Ifancy,inhiswaydidlikeit.Briggswasafull-blooded,up-apt,awkward,sanguineman,whowasabletolikeanything,fromginandwaterupwards.ButwithhowmanyawretchedcompanionofBriggs'arewenotfamiliar?menastowhomanygirlofeighteenwo