1§ THOUGHTS UPON HUNTIK^G. 



affirm, that a fmall hound will oftentimes beat a 

 large one ; that he will climb hills better, and go 

 through cover quicker ;— whilft others are not 

 lefs ready to ailert, that a large hound will make 

 his way in any country, will get better through 

 the dirt than a fmall one ; and that no fence, how- 

 ever high, can ftop him. — You have now three 

 opinions ; and I advife you to adopt that which 

 fuits your country belt : there is, hov>^ever, a cer- 

 tain lizc, befi: adapted for bufinefs ; which I take 

 to be that between the two extremes ; and I 

 will venture to fay, that fuch hounds will not 

 fnffer themfelves to be difgraced in any country, 

 Somervile, 1 find, is of the fame opinion. 



— — ■ " But here a mean 



Obferve, nor the large hov.nd prefer, of fizs 



Gigantic ; he in the thick-woven covert 



Painfully tugs, or in the thorny brake 



Torn and enibarrafs'd bleeds : but if too final!, 



Tiie pigmy brood in every furrow fwims ; 



Moil'd in clogging clay, panting they lag 



Behind inglorious ; or elfe fliivering creep, 



Benumb'd and faint, beneath the fliell'ring thorn. 



For hounds of middle fize, aftive and fti'ong, 



Will better anfwer all thy various ends, 



And crown thy pleafing labours with luccefs." 



I perfe6lly agree with you, that to look well 

 they fhould be all nearly of a fize ; and, I even 

 think, they fiiould all look of the fame family. — 



" Fades non omnibus una, 

 Kec divcrfa tamen, qualem decet elfe fororum." ' 



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