HUNTERS 



It IS only by comparison of one hunter with 

 another, in other words, by objective lessons, that 

 deductions, speculative or otherwise, can be 

 made. 



As to what sort of withers a hunter should 

 have, one does not require them low nor yet 

 high, but high withers will keep a saddle in 

 a better position than low ones, yet there is 

 a consensus of opinion, that the former 

 give too much rigidity about the shoulders 

 for real comfort in a saddle-hack. Again the 

 withers may be too thick (coarse withers), or 

 too thin (fine withers). Turning to the back, 

 loins, and quarters, the highest degree of muscu- 

 larity is that which is most befitting to a hunter, 

 in fact, poor development in the regions named 

 renders such an animal of comparatively little 

 value. The capacity of the chest is mainly found 

 in its depth, and the more room there is for the 

 heart and lungs to have free play, so much the 

 better. A sound clock (heart) and sound bellows 

 (lungs) are the vitals of a hunter's existence, and 

 upon them it has to depend, when called upon to 

 respond to the highest degree of exertion. 

 Various hunters examined by the author in the 



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