132 THOUGHTS ON HUNTING 



Your huntsman, you say, knows perfectly the country that he has to 

 hunt : let him then acquire as perfect a knowledge of his hounds : good 

 sense and observation will do the rest ; at least, will do as much as you seem 

 to require of him ; for I am glad to find, that you would rather depend 

 upon the goodness of your hounds for sport, than the genius of your hunts- 

 man : it is, believe me, a much surer dependence. 



