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for their diversion, and oftentimes so much more 

 than it is worth ; to take from the pockets of 

 men, who oftentimes can ill afford it, as much as 

 would pay for a good dinner afterwards, is, in 

 tny opinion, a very ungenerous custom ; and 

 this consideration induced me to collect but 

 once, with my own hounds, for the hare-finders. 

 The money was afterwards divided amongst 

 them, and if they had less than half a crown 

 each, I myself supplied the deficiency. An old 

 miser, who had paid his shilling, complained 

 bitterly of it afterwards, and said, "Ae had been 

 made to pay a shilling for two-penny-worth 

 of sporty 



When the game is found, you cannot be too 

 quiet : the hare is an animal so very timorous, 

 that she is frequently headed back, and your 

 dogs are liable to over-run the scent at every 

 instant : it is best, therefore, to keep a consider- 

 able way behind them, that they may have room 

 to turn as soon as they perceive they have lost 

 the scent ; and if treated in this manner, they 

 will seldom over-run it much. Your hounds, 

 through the whole chase, should be left almost 

 entirely to themselves, nor should tliey be 

 hallooed too much : when the hare doubles, 

 thev should hunt through those doubles ; nor 



