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LETTER XIII. 



In some of the preceding letters we have, I 

 think, settled the business of the kennel in all 

 its parts, and determined what should be the 

 number, and what are the necessary qualifica- 

 tions of the attendants, on the hounds ; we also 

 agree in opinion, that a pack should consist of 

 about twenty-five couple. I shall now proceed 

 to give some account of the use of them. You 

 desire I would be as particular as if you were to 

 hunt the hounds yourself: to obey you, there- 

 fore, I think I had better send you a description 

 of an imaginary chase, in which I shall be at 

 liberty to describe such events as probably may 

 happen, and to which your present inquiries 

 seem most to lead ; a further and more circum- 

 stantial explanation of them will necessarily be- 

 come the subject of my future letters. I am at 

 the same time well aware of the difficulties at- 

 tending): such an undertaking. A fox-chase is 

 not easy to be described ; yet as even a faint 

 description of it may serve, to a certain degree, 

 as an answer to the various questions you are 



