THOUGHTS ON HUNTING. 



LETTER I. 



Bristol Hot-Wells, March 20, 1779- 

 You could not have chosen, my friend, a bet- 

 ter time than the present, to remind me of my 

 promise to send you my Thoughts on Hunting; 

 for the accident which brought me hither is hkely 

 to detain me some time, nor have I any longer an 

 excuse for not obeying your commands. Indeed 

 I have hitherto excused myself, in hopes some 

 publication or other on that subject might have 

 rendered these Letters unnecessary ; but as no- 

 thing of the kind has appeared, notwithstanding 

 it is so much wanted, I am myself at this time 

 sufficiently idle to undertake the task, nor shall 

 1 think it a trifling subject to write on, if you 

 think it a necessary one : I wish the experience 

 I have had of that diversion may enable me to 

 answer the many questions you are pleased to 

 make concerning it. 



