What strikes me, Mr.Morton, on visiting this old country is that so much is done for show." "What do you say to New York, Mr.Gotobed ?" "There certainly are a couple of hundred fools in New York, who, having more money than brains, amuse themselves by imitating European follies.

But you won't find that through the country, Mr.Morton.

You won't find a hundred dogs at an American planter's house when ten or twelve would do as well." "Hunting is not one of your amusements." "Yes it is.

I've been a hunter myself.

I've had nothing to eat but what I killed for a month together.