SYMMETRY OF THE HOUND. 29 



Benumb'd and faint beneath the shelf ring thorn. 

 For hounds of middle size, active and strong, 

 Will better answer all thy various ends, 

 And crown thy pleasing labours with success." 



I perfectly agree with you, that to look well, 

 they should be all nearly of a size, and I even 

 think they should all look of the same family. — 



" Facies non omnibus una, 

 Nee diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum." 



If handsome withal, they are then perfect. 

 With regard to their being sizeable, what So- 

 mervile says is so much in your own way, that 

 I shall send it you : — 



"As some brave captain, curious and exact. 

 By his fix'd standard forms in equal ranks 

 His gay battalion, as one man they move 

 Step after step, their size the same, their arms 

 Far gleaming, dart the same united blaze : 

 Reviewing generals his merit dwii ; 

 How regular ! how just ! and all his cares 

 Are well repaid, if mighty George approve. 

 So model thou tliy pack, if honour touch 

 Thy gen'rous soul, and the world's just applause." 



There are necessary points in the shape of a 

 hound, which ought always to be attended to by 

 a sportsman ; for if he is not of a perfect sym- 

 metry, he will neither run fast, nor bear much 

 work : he has much to undergo, and should 

 have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs 



