142 HUNTING. 



Or far extended plain ; on every part 

 So well proportioned, that the nicer skill 

 Of Phidias himself cant blame thy choice. 

 Of such compose thy pack. 



The poet's demand, that he shall stand ' upright and firm ' 

 is wise. He must be straight on his legs ; ' the widespread 

 thighs 'imply a powerful back and loins, that, in fact, the hound 



'.Ji 



A good hound (from a picture in the possession of His Grace 

 the Duke of Beaufort, K.G.) 



is 'good to follow.' The shoulders, besides being 'clean,' must 

 be well sloped. A fl^t-sided hound is sure to be a bad-winded 



