>e4 Obfervatms on Uunffmen, 



Huntfmen of much better confequence than 

 ilrange companions; for as the ilvill and 

 excellence of thefe animals confifl: in ufe and 

 habit, they fhould always be accuftomed to 

 the fame voice, the fame notes, or hollow- 

 Ings, and the fame terms of chiding, che- 

 riihiag, preffing, or recalling ,* nor fhould 

 the country fellows be allowed, in their 

 tranfports, to extend their throats, 



It will be taken ill if I iliould alfo fpeak 

 againft the change of game, becaufe mer^ 

 'Squires would be at a great lofs to kill 

 fome of their time, had they nothing to 

 Jdll, when Hares are out of feafon. How-. 

 ever*, I am well fatisfied that the beft Har-r- 

 riers are thofe that know no other. Nor is 

 it advifeable to let them change for a frefli 

 Hare, as long as they can poffibly follow the 

 pld I nor to take oif their nofes from the 

 fcent they are upon, for the cutting fhorter 

 or gaining of ground. This laft is the 

 common trick with Pothunters ; but as it is 

 Vinfiir, and barbarous to the Hare, fo you will 

 feldom find it of advantage to the Hounds, 



^ *^ They ftiould never be fufFered to hunt Foxes, which 

 **■ does them the greateft harm, and they are never ftanch 

 'f wlieii there is occafion for it. ' ' — X e n o p h o n . 



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