Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody

CHAPTER VI.

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THE WILLEY SQUIRE. The Willey Squire—Instincts and Tendencies—Atmosphere of 77 the times favourable for their development—Thackeray’s Opinion—Style of Hunting—Dawn of the Golden Age of the Sport, &c.