546 HUNTERS. 



If he is of high spirit, and so much above 

 his work that he increases in flesh, indicating 

 the least display of foulness from repletion, 

 let his exercise be proportionably extended ; 

 on the contrary, if the subject is of slender 

 constitution, lax habit, light in the carcase, 

 and weak appetite, the digestive powers must 

 consequently be deficient, and proceedings 

 regulated accordingly ; becoming entirely 

 dependent upon cireuuxstances, and judi- 

 cious superintendance. 



In what I term the four centrical months 

 of the hunting season, when the days are ex- 

 ceedingly short, and the weather severe, the 

 mode of exercise must be varied, and ren- 

 dered subservient tp the changes that occur : 

 taking them out at such times as may be 

 found most convenient under difficulties that 

 frequently arise. The rule, however, best 

 adapted to general practice in favourable 

 Aveather, is to let them have their exercise at 

 once, and that in the middle of the day, be- 

 tween, or from, the hours of eleven to one ; 

 equally avoiding the chiUing fogs of the 

 morning, and damps of the evening ; having 

 it always in remembrance, that when pre-* 



