THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. "I93J 



are obliged to return to the man for better infor- 

 mation. Depend upon it, the lefs you hurry on 

 this occalion the more time you fave ; and vvhere- 

 ever the fox was feen for a certainty, whether 

 near or diilant, that will not only be the fureft, 

 but alfo the befl place to take the fcent ; and, 

 betides the certainty of going right, you proba- 

 bly will get on fafter than you would by any 

 other means. 



That balloos are not always to be depended on 

 will be fufficiently evinced by the following in- 

 Hances : 



My hounds being at a long fault, a fellow hal- 

 looed to them from the top of a rick, at fome 

 diftance off. The huntfman, as you may be- 

 lieve, ftuck fpurs to his horfe, hallooed till he 

 was almofl hoarfe, and got to the man as quickly 

 as he could: the man ft ill kept hallooing, and 

 as the hounds got near him, " Here,'' faid he — 

 " here — here, the fox is gone." — *' Is he far before 

 " us ?" cried the huntfman. " How long ago 

 " was it that you faw him?" — " No, mafter, I 

 " have not feen him, but I frnelt him here this 

 " morning, when I came to ferve my flieep." 



Another inftance was this : we were trying 

 with fome deer-hounds for an out-lying ftag, 

 when we faw a fellow running towards us in his 



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