164 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING, 



Now huntfinan get on with the head hounds ; the 

 whipper-in will bring on the others after you : 

 keep an attentive e^'e on the leading hounds, that 

 fhould the fcent fail them, you may know at leaft 

 how far they brought it. 



Mnid Galloper, Iiow he leads them ! — It is dif- 

 ficult to difiinguifh which is firftv they run in. 

 fuch a ftile ; yet he is the foremoft hound. — The 

 goodnefs of his nofe is not lefs excellent than his 

 ipeed : — how he carries the fcent ! and when ho 

 lofes it, fee how eagerly he flings to recover it 

 again ! — There — now lie's at head again ! — fee 



how they top the hedge I Now, how they 



mount the hill! Obfcive what a head they 



carry, and fliew me, if thou canfl, one fhuffler or 

 fkirter amongft them all : arc they not like a par- 

 cel of brave fellows, who, when they engage in an 

 undertaking, determine to ihare its fatigue and its 

 dangers, equally aniongfl: them } 



Far o'er the rockv hills we ranee. 



And dangero\is our courfe ; but in the brave 

 True courage never fails. In vain the ftream 

 In foaming eddies whirls, in vain the ditch 

 Wide gaping threatens death. The crriggy fteep. 

 Where the poor dizzy ihepherd crawls with care, 

 And clings to every twig, gives us no pain; 

 But down we fweep, as floops the falcon bold 

 To pounce his prey. Then up the opponent hill, 

 By the fwift motion flung, we mount aloft : 

 So fhips in winter feas now Aiding fink 



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