In the second place, I am forbidden to take horse exercise, at present.

Moreover, although no doubt you will despise me for the confession, I dislike altogether the idea of a hundred men on horseback, and forty or fifty dogs, all chasing one unfortunate animal." "But the unfortunate animal is a poacher of the worst kind." "Very well, then, I should shoot him, as a poacher.

Why should a hundred horsemen engage in hunting the poor brute down?
Bad horseman as I am, I should not mind taking part in a cavalry charge; but hunting is not at all to my taste." "You like shooting, Captain Bullen ?" "I like shooting, when there is something to be shot; in the first place, a dangerous animal, and in the second, an animal that is able to show fight.

I have several times taken part in tiger hunts, and felt myself justified in doing so, because the animals had made themselves a scourge to unarmed villagers." "I am afraid that you are a sort of Don Quixote," the girl laughed.
"Not quite that, Miss Merton; though I own I admire the good knight, greatly.

We are going to move off, now, to the covert that has to be drawn; and I know I shall shock you, when I say that I sincerely hope that nothing will be found there." The whole party then moved off, and the hounds were put into a covert.