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is continued whilst my patience lasts, which of 

 course depends on the value of the dog. It is a 

 trial betwixt the whipper-in and the dog, which 

 will tire first ; and the whipper-in, I think, gene- 

 rally prevails. If this method will not make 

 then) steady, no other can : they then are looked 

 upon as incorrigible, and are put away. 



Such hounds as are notorious offenders should 

 also feel the lash, and hear a rate, as they go to 

 the cover : it may be a useful hint to them, and 

 may prevent a severer flogging afterwards. A 

 sensible whipper-in will wait his opportunity to 

 single out his hound ; he will then hit him hard, 

 and rate him well : whilst a foolish one will often 

 hit a dog he did not intend to hit ; will ride full 

 gallop into the midst of the hounds ; will per- 

 haps ride over some of the best of them, and put 

 the whole pack into confusion. This is a ma- 

 noeuvre I cannot bear to see. 



Have a care! are words which seldom do any 

 harm ; since hounds, when they are on a right 



sportsman is the most uniform consistent character, from 

 his own representation, that we ever contemplated ! " and 

 yet, perhaps, there are sportsmen to be found, possessed of 

 as tender feelings of humanity as any critic whatsoever. 

 The motto prefixed to these letters, if it had been attended 

 to, might have entitled the author to more candour than 

 the critic has thought fii to bestow upon him. 



