CHAPTER lY. 



" Well bred, polite, 

 Credit thy calling." 



SOMERVILLE. 



Huntsman, as an Intellectual Being — The Power of Mind — " Blood will 

 tell" — Gentlemen against the "World — Duke of Wellington and the 

 Army— Best Class of Professional Huntsmen — Advantages of Temper 

 in all Education— Difference in Disposition of Hounds— Peculiarities 

 — Summary of General Duties of Huntsmen in Kennel. 



We will take it for granted that you have a hunts- 

 man thoroughly master of his business, in all its various 

 departments ; all requiring intellect beyond the common 

 order. It is your own fault if you retain one in your 

 service, after he has exposed his incaj^acity to an extent 

 which I have witnessed ; it is injustice to your hounds, 

 yourself, and all parties concerned. There have been 

 some, and probably will be more to be seen, who 

 W'Ould be nearly as much at home as leader of the 

 orchestra at the Opera, as in hunting a pack of hounds ; 

 and who have caused a wonder, how they ever came into 

 a situation for which Nature evidently never intended 



