6o THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



It is indeed of little confequence what hunti- 

 men call their hounds; yet if you diflike an un- 

 meaning name, would it not be as well to leave 

 the naming of them till they are brought home? 

 They foon learn their names, and a ihorter lift 

 would do. Damons and Delias would not then 

 be neceffary ; nor need the facred names of Ti- 

 tus and Trajan be thus degraded. It is true, 

 there are many odd names which cuftom autho- 

 rifes ; yet I cannot think^, becaufe fome drunken 

 fellow or other has chriftened his dog Tipler, or 

 Tapfter, that there is the lead reafon to follow 

 the example. Pipers and fiddlers, for the fake 

 of their mufic, we will not obje6l toj but tiplers 

 and tapflers your kennel will be much better 

 without. 



However extraordinary you may think it, I 

 can affure you I have myfelf feen a %vhite Gipfey, 

 a grey Ruby, a dark Snowball, and a Bhieman 

 of any colour but hhie. The huntfman of a 

 friend of mine being afked the name of a young 

 hound, faid, it was Lyman. " Lyman!" faid 

 his mailer; " why, James, what does Lyman 

 " mean?" — "Lord, Sir!" replied James, *' what 

 ** does any thing meanf^ — A farmer, who bred up 

 two couple of hounds for me, whofe names were 

 MeiTyman and Merrylafs, Ferryman and Furi- 

 ous, upon my inquiring after them, gave this 

 account : '' Merryman and INIerrylafs are both 



** dead. 



