X6 THOfGHTS ITPON HUNTING. 



depend ; it is l/uii which mufl lead us o'er greafy 

 fallows, where the feet of the game we piirfue 

 being clogged leave little fcent behind, as well 

 as o'er ftony roads, through watery meads, and 

 where fheep have ilained the ground. 



Cleanlincfs is not only abfolutely necefTary to 

 the nofe of the hound, but alfo to the preferva- 

 tion of his health. Dogs are naturally cleanly 

 animals ; they feldom, when they can help it, 

 dung where they lie ; air and frefh ftraw are ne- 

 ceflary to keep them healthy. They are fubje61: to 

 the mange ; a diforder to which poverty and 

 naliincfs will very much contribute. T/iis, though 

 eafily flopped at its firfl appearance, if fuffered 

 to continue long may leilcn the powers of the 

 animal ; and the remedies which are then to be 

 ufed, being in themfelves violent, mufl injure 

 his conftitution : it had better be prevented : let 

 the kennel, therefore, be an objedt of your par- 

 ticular care. 



*' Upon fome little eminence ereft, 



And fronting to the ruddy dawn ; its courts 



On either hand wide opening to receive 



The fun's all-checring beams, when mild he fhines, 



And gilds the mountain tops."— — — 



Let fuch as Somervile direcls be the lituation; 

 its fize muft be fuited to the number of its inha- 

 bitants; the architedlure of it maybe conformable 



to 



