1 1 6 Different Sorts 



or change foil, if the latter fhe dies : keep 

 in, Huntfman , freih ground on the turf is 

 in fome degree a continued view, otherwife 

 hang your Dogs, (barring extraordinary ac- 

 cidents of highways and iheep blemifh,) for 

 I would no more excufe the lofs of a Hare 

 on frefh fv/ard, unlefs the Huntfman's fault, 

 which is too often the cafe, than I would a 

 kennel of Fox-hounds lofing Reynard in full 

 chace ; the reafons againft it in both diver- 

 iions are the fame. 



The How Hounds firft mentioned gene-^ 

 rally pack beft. Of the fecond fort, many 

 not being of equal fpeed, (for it is hard to 

 procure an even kennel of faft Hounds,) 

 will be found to tail, which is an inconve- 

 iiiency ; for the hind Dogs labour on to 

 overtake the leading Hounds, and feldom 

 or ever ilop, nor are of the leaft ufe but to 

 enlarge the cry, unlefs at an over-run, 

 which happens at the top of the morn, for 

 a quarter of a mile together ; then the old 

 Hounds, thrown out or tailed, often come 

 up, and hit the fault off. 

 . The fouthern Dogs are not £o guilty of 

 running a-head^ for as they pack well toge- 

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