XHGUGHTS rpOM HUNTING, I23 



With regard to the whipper-in, as you keep two 

 ©f them, (and no pack of fox-hounds is complete 

 without) the firft may be confidered ^s a fecond 

 huntfman, and Ihould have nearly the liime good 

 qualities. It is neceffary betides, that he fhould 

 be attentive and obedient to the huntfman ; and 

 as his horfe will probably have moft to do, the 

 lighter he is, the better; though if he be a good 

 horfeman, the objedlion of his weight v/ill be fuf- 

 ^ciently overbalanced. — He mufl not be con- 

 ceited. 1 had one formerly, who, inflead of 



flopping hounds as he ought, would try to kill a 

 fox by himfelf. — ^This fault is unpardonable ; — 

 he lliould always maintain to the huntfman's 

 halloo, and flop fuch hounds as divide from it. 

 When Hopped, he fhould get forward with thera 

 ^ftcr the huntfman. 



He mufl always be contented to a6l an tinder 

 part, except when circumftances may require that 

 he Ihould a6t otherwife;* and the moment they 

 ceafe, he muft not fail to refume his former fla- 

 tion. — You have heard me fay, that where there 

 ^s much riot, I prefer an excellent whipper-in to 

 an excellent huntfman. — The opinion, I believe, 

 is new ; I muft therefore endeavour to explain it. 



* When the huntfrnaa cannot be up with the hounds, the 

 whipper-in fliould ; in which cafe it is the bulinefs of the huntf- 

 pian to bring on the tail hounds along witl^him. 



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