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they cease, he must not fail to resume his former 

 station. You have heard me say, that where 

 there is much riot, I prefer an excellent whip- 

 per-in to an excellent huntsman. The opinion, 

 I believe, is new ; 1 must, therefore, endeavour 

 to explain it. My meaning is this : that I think 

 I should have better sport, and. kill more foxes, 

 with a moderate huntsman and an excellent 

 whipper-in, than with the best of huntsmen 

 without such an assistant. You will say, per- 

 haps, that a good huntsman will make a good 

 whipper-in ; not such a one as I mean : his ta- 

 lent must be born with him. My reasons are, 

 that good hounds (and I would not keep bad 

 ones) stand oftener in need of the one than the 

 other ; and genius, which in a whipper-in, if 

 attended by obedience, his first requisite, can do 

 no hurt, in a huntsman is a dangerous, though 

 desirable, quality ; and if not accompanied with 

 a large share of prudence, and I may say humi- 

 lity, will often spoil your sport, and hurt your 

 hounds. A gentleman told me he lieard the fa- 

 mous Will Dean, when his hounds were running 

 hard in a line with Daventry, from whence they 

 were at that time many miles distant, swear ex- 

 ceedingly at the whipper-in, saying, " What bu- 

 siness have you here ?" Tlie man was amazed 



