90 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



Two other methods of entering young hounds 

 I have praftifed occaiionally, as the number of 

 hounds have required ; for inltance, if that num- 

 l>er be conliderable, (fifteen or lixteen couple,) I 

 make a large draft of my fleadieft hounds, which 

 are kept with the young hounds in a feparate 

 kennel, and are hunted with them all the firli part 

 of the fcafon. This, when the old hounds begin 

 to hunt, makes two difiin6l" packs, and is always 

 attended with great trouble and inconvenience. 

 Nothing hurts a pack fo much as to enter many 

 young hounds, lince it mufl be coniiderably 

 weakened by being robbed of thofe which are the 

 moft iteady ; and yet j'oung hounds can do 

 nothing whhout their affiftance. Such, therefore, 

 as conflantly enter their young hounds in this 

 manner, will, fomelimes at leafi, have two indif- 

 ferent packs, inllead of one good one. 



In the other method the young hounds are well 

 awed from iheep, but never ftooped to a fcent, 

 till they are taken out with the pack ; they are 

 then taken out a few only at a time ; and if your 

 pack be perfedtly fieady, and well manned, mav 

 not give you much trouble. The metiiod I hrit 

 mentioned, is that 1 moft commonly pracrife, be- 

 ing moft fuitable to the number of young hounds 

 I ufually enter — nine or ten couple: if you have 

 fewer, the laft will be moft. convenient. The one 

 which requires two diftin<5l packs, is on too ex- 

 4 tenlive 



