^6 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTINC, 



LETTER VL 



AFTER the young bounds have been round- 

 ed, and are well reconciled to the kennel, 

 know the huntfman, and begin to know their 

 names, they lliould be put into couples, and 

 walked out amongll Iheep. 



If any be particularly fnappiili and troublc- 

 fome, you fhould leave the couples loofe about 

 their necks in the kennel, till you find they are 

 more reconciled to them. If any be more ftubborn 

 than tlie reft, you fhould couple them to old 

 hounds rather than to young ones; and you 

 ihould not couple livo dogs together when you 

 can avoid it. Young hounds are awkward atfirft; 

 I fliould, therefore, advifc you to fend out a few 

 only at a time with your people on foot; they 

 will foon afterwards become handy enough to 

 follow a horfc ; and care fliould be taken that 

 the couples be not too loofe, lefl they ihould 

 flip their necks out of the collar, and give trouble 

 ]n catching them again. 



When they have been walked often in this 

 jnanner amongfl thcfhcep, you may then uncouple 



