LETTER III. 



I BEGIN this Letter with assuring you that I 

 have clone with the kennel : without doubt, you 

 will think I had need. If I have made even the 

 name frightful to you, comfort yourself with the 

 thoughts that it will not appear again. 



Your criticism on my switches I think unjust. 

 You tell me, that self-defence would of course make 

 you take that precaution. Do you always walk with 

 a whip in your hand ?— or do you think that a 

 walking-stick, which may be a good thing to knock 

 a dog on the head with, would be equally proper to 

 correct him, should he be too familiar? You forget, 

 however, to put a better substitute in the room 

 of them. 



You desire to know what kind of hound I would 

 recommend. As you mention not for any particular 

 chase, or country, I understand you generally ; and 

 shall answer, that I most approve of hounds of the 

 middle size. I believe all animals of that description 

 are strongest, and best able to endure fatigue. In the 

 height, as well as the colour of hounds, most sportsmen 

 have their prejudices ; but in their shape, at least, I 

 think they must all agree, I know sportsmen who 

 boldly affirm, that a small hound will oftentimes beat a 



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