100 Ohfervations on 



the found of the horns *, the melody of the 

 cry, and the expecftation of fuccefs, we 

 mufl carry them in our heads ; every fiiep 

 we make we muft calmly obferve the al- 

 terations of foil, the pofition of the wind, 

 the time of the year, and no lefs take no- 

 tice with what fpeed fhe is driven, how far 

 fhe is before, to what place fhe tends ; whe- 

 ther ihe is likely to keep on forward, or to 

 turn fhort behind -, whether flie has not 

 been met by paffengers, frightened by curs, 

 intercepted by fheep j whether an approach- 

 ing florm, a riling wind, a fudden blaft of 

 the fun, the going off of the frofl, the re- 

 petition of foiled ground, the decay of her 

 own ftrength, or any other probable turn of 

 affairs, has not abated or altered the fcent. 



There are other things flill no lefs ne- 

 ceflary to be remembered than the former ; 

 as the particular quality and charader of 

 each Dog ; whether the prefent Leaders are 



* I am at a lofs to conceive why this noble appendage 

 toHuntiiig is entirely difufed in this age of expence. Per- 

 haps the French horn may be inconvenient in a Fox chace, 

 b«t furely would be a pleafmg addition to a good pack of 



Harriers. 



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