THOUGHTS UPON HtJNTING. l^t 



*' Thefe aiifpicious days, on other cares 

 Employ thy precious hours ; th' improving friend 

 With open arms embrace, and from his Hps 

 Glean fcience, feafon'd with good-natur'd wit; 

 But if th' inclement fkics, and angry Jove, 

 Forbid the pleafing intercourfe, thy books 

 Invite thy ready hand, each facred page 

 Rich with the wife remarks of heroes old." 



The fcntiments of Mr. Somervile always do 

 him honour, but on no occafion, more than on 

 this. 



In reading over my letter, I find I have ufed the 

 word fmell, in a fenfe that perhaps you will criti- 

 cize.— Al gentleman, who, I fuppofe, was not 



the fweetefl in the world, fitting in the front 

 boxes at the play-houfe, on a crowded night, his 



neighbour very familiarly told him, that he f}neU 



Jirong : — " No, Sir," replied he, wiih infinite 



good humour, — " it is you that J}:uil, 1 jimk»* 



[The qualifications necefiary to make a good 

 huntfmaii, Mr.Beckford has dwelt upon with much 

 ingenuity in the former part of this letter, it is there- 

 fore hoped, that our preienting the readers of his 

 admired produ6lion, in this place, with a portrait 

 of one who is reputed to be the befl: in the kingdom^ 

 will be deemed appropriate ; his name is Rich- 

 ard Fairbrother^ and hunts the pack belong- 

 K % ing 



