THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 6t 



^* dead, but Ferr)^man, Sir, is a fine dog, and 

 " fo is Ferry la/s.'' Madam, an ufual name 

 among hounds, is often, I believe, very difre- 

 fpedlfully treated : I had an in fiance of it the 

 other day in my own buntfman, who, after hav- 

 ing rated Madam a great deal, to no purpofe, 

 (who, to confefs the truth, was much given to 

 do othervvife than fhe fhould) flew into a violent 

 paffion, and hallooed out, as loud as he could- — 

 ** Mada7?ij you d — d hitch f 



As you delire a lifl of names, I will fend you 

 one. I have endeavoured to clafs them accord- 

 ing to their different genders; but you will per- 

 ceive fome names may be ufed indifcriminately 

 for either. It is not ufual, I believe, to call a 

 pointer Ringwood, or a greyhound Harmony; 

 and fjch names as are expreflive of fpeed, 

 flrength, courage, or other natural qualities in a 

 hound, I think moft applicable to them. Da- 

 mons and Delias I have left out; the bold Thun- 

 der and the brilk Lightning, if you pleafe, may 

 fupply their places; unlefs you prefer the method 

 of the gentleman I told you of, who intends 

 namincr his hounds from the p — ge ; and, I fup- 

 pote, he at the fame time will not be unmindful 

 of the p — y c rs. 



If you mark the whelps in the fide, (which is 

 called branding them) when they are firft put 



out^ 



