94 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



managed; for which purpofe he fhould be turned 

 out in a very open country, and followed by a 

 perfon who has more fcnfe than to ride on the 

 line of him. If he do not meet with a cover or 

 hedge in his way, he will keep on for feveral 

 miles ; if he do, you will not be able to get him 

 any farther. You fliould give him a great deal 

 of law, and you will do well to break his teeth.-- 



If you run any cubs to ground in an indifferent 

 country, and do not want blood, bring them 

 home, and they will be of ufe to your young 

 hounds. Turn out bag foxes to your young 

 hounds, but never to your old ones. I obje6l: to 

 them on many accounts ; but of bag foxes I fhall 

 have occalion to fpeak hereafter. 



The day after your hounds have had blood, is 

 alfo a proper time to fend them where there is riot, 

 and to chaftife them if they defer ve ; it is always 

 befl to corre6l them when they cannot help 

 knowing what they are corredted for. When you 

 fend out your hounds for this purpoie, the later 

 they go out the better, as the worfe the fcent is 

 the lefs inclinable will they be to run it, and of 



* The critic fays, " there is neither jiiftice nor equity in 

 breaking his teeth." (Vide Monthly Review.) I confefs there 

 is not, and I never know that it is done, but 1 feel all the force 

 of the obfervation. Let neeejfity^ if it be able, plead in its 

 excufe. 



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