So Ohfervations on 



rlbus, are thefe particles fhe leaves behind 

 her, which I take to be one reafon (befides 

 the cloathing and Shielding of them from 

 the penetrating air by the defcending froil 

 or dew) that the morning walk will give 

 fcent * fo much longer than the flight in 

 hunting. However, it is as remarkable, 

 that theie odorous particles gradually decay 

 and end with her life "f-, becaufe it requires 

 the moil: curious nofes to lead the cry when 

 fhe is near her laft i becaufe flie is fo often 

 entirely loffc at the laft fquat, and becaufe, 

 if you knock her on the head before them, 

 there is hardly one in the Pack that will 

 ftop or take any notice of her. 



The greateft art and curioHty is difco- 

 vered in hunting the foil, efpecially if fhe 

 immediately fteal back behind the Dogs the 



* '* The fcent of the trail of the Hare going to her feat 

 ** lafts longer than that of her courfe when purfued : when 

 ** (he goes to her feat Ihe goes flowly, often ftanding flill ; 

 *' but her courfe, when purfued, is performed running ; 

 " therefore the ground is faturated with one, and not filled 

 •* with the other." Xenophon. 



f This obfervation, which my own experience convinces 

 me is juft, the Reader will find direftly contradifted in the 

 fubfecjuent letters. See Letter VI. 



fame 



