I70 Tl'r ailing and Starting, 



£hould, by all means, go on the iirft ring ; 

 a deal depends on his knowledge of it in the 

 courfe of Hunting -, and as he follows, it 

 cannot be amifs to fmooth here and there 

 with his foot* feveral parts of the circuit 

 the Hare makes, efpecially under gates, 

 ftiles, entrances and endings of bye-lanes and 

 highways, as often as time and the foil 

 will admit. 



By this means (if fhe doubles) he will 

 certainly prick her upon fome of thofe pla- 

 ces again and again, and be of fingular ufe 

 to the Hounds in drawing the hot foil. 

 As he pricks her, let him brufh it out and 

 re- fmooth the places. This is the beft me- 

 thod of treading a foil, and if done with 

 judgment, no Hare that holds her foiling 

 can efcape, if the Huntfman is allowed to 

 put it in practice. 



It is a rule among Sportfmen, when a 

 Hare runs the double, to fet people to it 

 backwards, in order to meet, and oblige her 



* Thefe letters, which feem calculated for fome very 

 lifongly inclofed country, agree with Xenophon's account 

 of hunting in the mountainous and woody country of 

 Greece j the horfe in. boilkfcem entirely to be ufelefs. 



