^2 THOUGHTS UPON HU^^TING. 



matter, and feed eanh particular hound fo as to 

 make the mofl of him, you muft learn it of a 

 gentleman in Leiceilcrfhire, to whom the noble 

 icience of fox-hunting is more beholden than to 

 any other. I fhall myfelf fay nothing furtlicr on 

 the fubjecl ; for as your huntfman will not have 

 the fenfe of the gentkman I allude to, nor you 

 perhaps his patience, an eafier method I know 

 will fuit you bcft. I fhall only advifeyou, while 

 you endeavour to keep your hounds in good or- 

 der, not to let them become too fat ; it will be 

 impoflible for them to run, if they be. A fat al- 

 derman would cut a mighty ridiculous figure 

 were he inclined to run a race. 



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