'4 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



of hunting fhould be known? There is, how- 

 ever, no doubt that the pradical part of it would 

 be improved, were it to be accompanied by 

 theory. 



France, Germany, and Italy, are alfo iilenty 

 I beheve, on this lubjec^, though each of thefe 

 countries has had its fportfmen. Foxes, it is 

 Irne, they never hunt, and hares but feldom ; 

 yet the flag and wild boar, both in France and in 

 Germany, are flill purfued with the utmoft fplen- 

 dour and magnificence. In Italy there has been 

 no hunting lince the death of the Duke of Par- 

 ma : he was very fond of it, and I apprehend all 

 hunting in that country ceafed v/ith him. The 

 only fportfmen now remaining are gentlemen in 

 green coats, V'/ho taking their couieaux de chajfe 

 along with them, walk into the fields to catch 

 fmal thirds, ssX^xohXh^y c-^X andar ala cacc'ia^ or, 

 rn plain Englifh, going a hunting; yet it has not 

 been fo Vv'ith horfemanlhip; that has been treated 

 fcientifically by all — in Italy by Pignatelli — in 

 Germany by Ifenbourg — and in France by La 

 Guerinierc : nor are the ufeful leflbns of the 

 Duke of Newcaftle confined to this country only; 

 they are both read and pra61ifed every where; 

 nor is he the only noble lord who has written on 

 the fubje6t. While upon hunting, all are filent, 

 and were it not for the mufe of Somervile, who 

 has fo judicioufly and fo fwectly fung, the dog,. 



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