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she makes to. All these observations will be 

 of use, should a long fault make his assistance 

 necessary ; and if the hare has headed back, he 

 will carefully observe whether she met any thing 

 in her course to turn her, or turned of her own 

 accord. When he casts his hounds, let him 

 begin by making a small circle ; if that will not 

 do, then let him try a larger : he afterwards may 

 be at liberty to persevere in any cast he may 

 judge most likely. As a hare generally revisits 

 her old haunts, and returns to the place where 

 she was found, if the scent is quite gone, and the 

 hounds can no longer hunt, that is as likely a 

 cast as any to recover her. Let him remember 

 this in all his casts, that the hounds are not to 

 follow his horse's heels ; nor are they to carry 

 their heads high, and noses in the air. At these 

 times they must try for the scent, or they will 

 never find it ; and he is either to make his cast 

 slow or quick, as he perceives his hounds try, 

 and as the scent is either good or bad. 



Give particular directions to your huntsman to 

 prevent his hounds, as much as he can, from 

 chopping hares. Huntsmen like to get blood at 

 any rate ; and when hounds are used to it, it 

 would surprise you to see how attentive the} are 

 to tind opportunities. A hare must be very 



