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LETTER XVIII. 



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When an excellent Whipper-in may be of more use than an excellent 

 Huntsman — Barbarity defined — Unnecessary severity censured 

 — Duty of a Whipper-in — A perfect one described — Of steadiness 

 — Of Hounds that kill sheep — Necessity of obedience — After 

 Hounds are made steady, some caution required to keep them 

 so — A curious letter from a Huntsman . . . 181-195 



LETTER XIX. 



How a Huntsman should draw his Hounds — Placing Hounds 

 advantageously a necessary part of Fox-hunting — When 

 Hounds do not hunt how they should be fed — Of drafting 

 Hounds — When a Huntsman should be after his time — Where 

 Foxes like best to lie — When Gentlemen may be of service 

 to Hounds — Long drags : the objection to them — The sagacity 

 of the Buckhound accounted for — Correction of Hounds by the 

 Huntsman objected to — Hounds that will not leave a cover, how 

 treated — Of the good management of a pack of Fox-hounds 196-21 1 



LETTER XX. 



How a Huntsman should cast his Hounds — When Hounds had 

 better be exercised on the turnpike-road than hunted — When it 

 may be right to stop the tail Hounds and throw them in at head 

 — Huntsmen that are slow censured — When they should be 

 careful not to run the heel — When Hounds have many scents 

 how they should be managed — Of the heading back of Foxes — 

 What constitutes a perfect Huntsman . . . 212-228 



LETTER XXI. 



A Hare-hunter an improper Huntsman to a pack of Fox-hounds — 

 The Harrier and Fox-hound, in what they materially differ — 

 Fitness essential to beauty — How Sportsmen may be of service 

 to tired Hounds — Of long days, the disadvantage — The use — 

 Why a Fox-hound should be above his work — Much encourage- 

 ment to Hounds on bad scenting days objected to — Of Hounds 

 that run false ..... 229-238. 



