CONTENTS xxvii 



LETTER XXII. 



PAGI 



Blood necessary to a pack of Fox-hounds — The likeliest method to 

 procure it — Of accidents that happen in Fox-hunting — Of the 

 proper time to leave off Fox-hunting — A wanton destruction of 

 Foxes censured — Inequality of scent unfavourable to Hounds — 

 An extraordinary character of a Huntsman . . 239-25: 



LETTER XXIII. 



Bag-Foxes : some objections to them — A Fox-court recommended 

 — Directions how Cubs should be treated — Some caution 

 necessary in buying Foxes — Of digging Foxes — Badgers objected 

 to — A method to stink an earth — How Badgers may be caught 

 — Of Terriers — Of destroying Foxes — A remarkable instance of 

 the lex talionis ..... 253-264 



LETTER XXIV. 



Subject concluded — Some observations concerning the management 

 of a Hunter — Remarks upon Shoeing — Summer Hunting objected 

 to — Virgil, Horace, Pliny : their opinion of a country life — 

 Hunting not so dangerous as it has been thought — Some quota- 

 tions from other authors . . ... 265 



