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them along with him to another : I have known 

 hounds find a fox after the huntsman had left the 

 cover. The whippers-in are not to be sparing of their 

 whips or voices on this occasion, and are to come 

 through the middle of the cover, to be certain that 

 they leave no hounds behind. 



A huntsman will complain of hounds, for staying 

 behind in cover : it is a great fault, and makes the 

 hound addicted to it of but little value ; yet this fault 

 frequently is occasioned by the huntsman's own mis- 

 management. Having drawn one cover, he hurries 

 away to another, and leaves the whipper-in to bring on 

 the hounds after him ; but the whipper-in is seldom 

 less desirous of getting forward than the huntsman ; 

 and, unless they come off easily, it is not often that he 

 will eive himself much concern about them. Hounds 

 also that are left too long at their walks, will acquire 

 this trick from hunting by themselves, and are not 

 easily broken of it. Having said all that I can at 

 present recollect of the duty of a whipper-in, I shall 

 now proceed to give you a further account of that of a 

 huntsman. What has already been said on the subject 

 of drazuing and casting, related to the fox -chase 

 described in a former Letter. Much, without doubt, 

 is still left to say: and I will endeavour, as well as I 

 am able, to supply the deficiency, by considering, first, 

 in what manner he should draw; and, afterwards, how 

 he should cast his hounds. 



The fixing, a day or two before-hand, upon the 

 cover in which you intend to hunt, is a great hindrance 

 to sport in fox-hunting. You, that have the whole 



