THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. I3J7 



SHvarlable rule in all hunting, lo make the head 

 good, you fhould encourage them to try forward 

 firft ; which may be done without taking them. 

 off their nofes, or without the ieaft prejudice to 

 their hunting. If trying forward fliould not fuc- 

 ceed, they may then be fujEfcn^d to try back 

 again, which you will find them all ready enough 

 to do ; for they are fenfii)le how far they brought 

 the fccnt, and where they ]cft it. The love of 

 Icent is natural to them, and they have infinitely 

 jnore fagacity in it than we ought to pretend to — 

 I have no doubt, that they often think us very 

 pbltinate, and very fooliih. 



Harriers, to be good, like all other hounds, 

 SMuft be kept to their own game : if you run fox 

 with them, you fpoil them : hounds cannot be 

 perfe6l unl^fs ufed to one fcent and one ftile of 

 hunting. Harriers run fox in fo different a flile 

 from hare, that it is of great differvice to thera 

 when they return to hare again ; it makes them 

 wild, and teaches them to iWrt. The high fcent 

 which a fox leaves, the ftraightneis of his run- 

 ning, the eagernels of the purluit, and the noife 

 that generally accompanies it, all contribute to 

 fpoil a harrier. 



I hope you agree with me, that it is a fault in 

 a pack of harriers to go too fad ; for a hare is a 

 little timorous animal, which we cannot help 



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