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for and againft the feveral kinds ; it is a 

 wide unfettled point to give opinion upon ; 

 but to fum up the whole in a few words, 

 ftanch, true Hounds of any fort are aeli- 

 rable, and whoever has them of pretty 

 equal age and fpeed, with the requilites of 

 packing and hunting well together, whe* 

 ther fouthern, northern, Fox-flrain, or Bea- 

 gle, can boall an invaluable advantage in the 

 diverfion, and which few Gentlemen, let 

 them breed ever fo true, can attain to but 

 \n years. 



The properties to be confidered in the 

 choice of a Hound, were fettled, my Lord, 

 long before you and I were born, and my 

 opinion can be little more than an acquilition 

 from former Sportfmen. However, prefer 

 the Dog of a middling lize, with his back 

 longer than round, nofe large, with noftrils 

 bold and wide, chefl deep and capacious, 

 fillets great and high, haunches large, ham§ 

 ftraight, the fole hard and dry, ^claws large, 

 ears wide, thin, and deep, more round than 

 fharp, eyes large and protuberant, forehead 

 prominent, and upper lips thick, and deeper 

 than the lower jaw. 



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