THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. !2I^ 



If any of my hounds be very riotous, they are 

 taken out by thcmfelves on the days when they 

 do not hunt, and j^roperly punifhed ; and this is 

 continued whiltl my patience lafts, which, of 

 courfe, depends on the value of the dog. It is 

 a trial betwixt the whippcr in and tiie dog, which 

 will tire firfl ; and the whipper-in, I think, gene- 

 rally prevails. If this method will not make 

 them fleady, no other can ; they then are looked 

 upon as incorrigible, and are put away. 



Such hounds as are notorious offenders Ihould 

 alio feel the lafh and hear a rate as they go to the 

 cover ; it may be an ufcful hint to them, and 

 may prevent a feverer flogging afterwards. A 

 fenlible whipper-in will wait his opportunity to 

 fingle out his hound; he will then hit him hard, 

 and rate him well, whilft a foolifh one will often 

 hit a dog he did not intend to hit ; will ride full 

 gallop into the midft of the hounds ; will, per- 

 haps, ride over fome of the heft of them, and 

 put the whole pack into confulion — this is a ma- 

 noeuvre I cannot bear to fee. 



Have a care ! are words which feldom do any 

 harm ; lince hounds, when they are on a right 

 fcent, will not mind them. Let your whipper-in 

 be careful how he encourage the hounds; that, 

 improperly done, may fpoil your pack. 



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