THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING, 27 



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LETTER III. 



I BEGIN this letter with aflurlng you that I 

 have done with the kennel: without douht, 

 you will think I had need. If T have made even 

 the name frightful to you, comfort yourfelf with 

 the thoughts that it will not appear again. 



Your criticifm on my fwitches I tliink unjuH:. 

 You tell me felf-defence would of courfe make 

 you take that precaution — do you always walk 

 with a whip in your hand, or do you think that a 

 walking ftick, which may be a good thing to 

 knock a dog on the head with, would be equally 

 proper to correct him fhould he be too familiar ? 

 You forget, however, to put a better fu^^ it it ute in 

 the room of them. — 



You defire to know, what kind of hound I 

 would recommend : x\s you mention not for any 

 particular chace, or country, I underhand you 

 generally ; and iTiall anfwer, that I moft approve 

 of hounds of the middle iize. I believe all animals 

 of that defcription are ftrongeft, and beflr^able to 

 endure fatigue. In the height, as well as the 

 colour of hounds, moft fportfmen have their pre- 

 judices ; but in their fhape at Icafi, I think they 

 piuft all agree. I know fportfxnen, who boldly 



affirm' 



