^l6 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING, 



A whipper-in will rale a hound^ and then en- 

 deavour to fiog him. A dog, after having been 

 rated, will naturally avoid the whip. Tell your 

 whipper-in, whenever a hound fhall deferve the 

 lafli, to whip him firil, and rate him afterwards. 



When there are two whippers-in, one ought 

 always to be forward. When there is only one, 

 he, to be perfedl, Ihould be a very Mimgo, here^ 

 there, and every whereip 



You will find it difHcult to Iceep your people 

 in their proper places; I. have been obliged to 

 flop back myfelf to bring on hounds which my 

 fcrvanis had left behind. 1 cannot give you a 

 greater proijf how neceflary it is that a whipper- 

 in Ihould bring home all his hounds, than by 

 telling you, that I had loft a,n old hound for ten 

 days, and fent all the country oyer to inquire 

 after hini ; and at laft, when I thought no more 

 about him, in drawing a large cover in the coun- 

 try where he had been loft:, he joined the pack ; 

 he was exceedingly emaciated, and it was a long 

 time before he recovered : how he fubfifted all 

 that time I cannot imagine. When any of your 

 hounds may be miffing, you ihould fend the 

 whipper-in back immediately to look for them ; 

 it will teach him to keep them more togcthera 



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