and marvellous Tales of Hares , lyj 



Hare often becomes ftiff, therefore the 

 Hunters fhould prefs in upon the Dogs, 

 efpeclally in covert : many Hares are eat 

 up by the Hounds for want of forming fome 

 fuch judgment, and then the fimple Huntf- 

 mian damns and fwears at the Dogs ; where- 

 as his own defert fliould be a cudgel for his 

 ftupldity, the Hounds being entitled to 

 every Hare they hunt ; it is the chief re- 

 ward of their labour and merit. 



It is diverting to hear country fellows, 

 on light of a Hare, cry out flie is all over 

 in a fweat, which is a monflrous ignorance. 

 The mofl indifferent Sportfmen know to the 

 contrary, the leafl proof not being to be 

 found on the niceft examination, no more 

 than of a Dog or Cat's fweating. 



There is another prevailing notion^, very 

 vulgar, much talked of, and lefs underftood, 

 that the longer a Hare has been hunted, 

 the weaker the fcent grows. I never found 

 fuch an alteration ; and, if any judgment is 

 allowed to be made from the behaviour of 

 the Hounds, the old ftanch Dogs will be 

 found to rate on, towards the conclulion of 



* See the former EiTay, p. So. 



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