1^8 THOUQHTS UPON HUNTING. 



Huntfman ! be quiet ! Whilil the fccnt was 

 good, you prefs'd on your hounds ; it was weU 

 done: when they came to a check, you flood ftill, 

 and interrupted them not : they were afterwards 

 at fault ; you made your call with judgment, and 

 lo/l: no time. You now mufl let them hunt ; — 

 with fuch a cold fcent as this you can do no goc^d; 

 they muft do it all themfelves ; — lift them now, 

 and not a hound will ftoop again. — Ha ! a high 

 road, at fuch a time as this, when the tenderefl- 

 nofed hound can hardly own the fcent ! — Another 

 fault ! That man at work, then, has headed back 

 the fox. Huntfman ! cafl not your hounds now, 

 you fee they have over-run the fccnt ; have a 

 little patience, and let them, for once, try back. 



We now mufl give them time : — fee where 

 they bend towards yonder furze brake — I wifh he 

 may have flopped there ! — Mind that old hound, 

 how he dafhes o'er the furze ; I think he winds 

 him. — Now for a frefh entapis ! Hark ! they 

 halloo ! — Aye, there he goes, 



Jt is nearly over with him ; had the hounds 

 caught view, he mufl have died. — He will ijardly 

 reach the cover; fee how they gain upon him at 

 every flroke !— It is an admirable race ! yet the 

 coyer faves him. 



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