THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. lOt 



yet let them be told if the hounds go the con- 

 trary way, or do not feem to come on upon the 

 line of him, to halloo no more. With regard 

 to its being the hunted fox ; the fox which every 

 man halloos, is the hunted fox in his own opinion, 

 though he feldom has a better reatbn for it, than 

 becaufe he faw him. — Such halloos as ferve to 

 keep the hounds together, and to get on the tail 

 hounds, are always of ufe : halloos of encourage- 

 ment to leading hounds, if injudicioufly given, 

 may fpoil your fport. I am forry to fay view 

 halloos frequently do more harm than good. — 

 They are pleating to fporttinen, but prejudicial to 

 hounds. If a ftrong cover be full of foxes, and 

 they be often hallooed, hounds feldom take much 

 pains in hunting them ; hence arifes that indif- 

 ference, which fometimes is to be perceived in fox- 

 hounds while purfuing their game. 



You afk me, if I would take off my hounds to 

 a halloo ? — If they be running with a good Icent, 

 J moft certainly would not; ifotherwife, and I 



halloo the fox again; perhaps, before the hounds are laid on ; by 

 which means you will get nearer to him. In cafes like this, a 

 good fportfman may be of great ufe to hounds. There are days 

 when hounds will do their bufinefs beft if let quite alone; and 

 there are days, when they can do nothing, without affiftaace. — 

 Let them be aflifted at no other tim . V f a bad fcenting day, 

 or when hounds may be over-matche , yo j cannot aflift them 

 too much. 



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