Excerpt from To the Readers of "Chips" Little more inaction, and again the joyous sound Of heart-reviving holloa - of trusty note of bound Of cheery horn - Of cracking briar - Will drive our cares away, As we rattle through the underwood the cubs at break of day. And yet a little longer while - and glad November brings With it the true commencement of the glorious sport of kings The sport I've longed and waited for Since last I trotted back, In the dust of scentless April, from the blood deserving pack. Aw Qliup. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.