2l8 THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



nectlTiiry that he fliould go thither, for he ought 

 to be well acquainted with the hounds, who 

 ifliould know and follow him as well as the 

 huntfman. 



To recapitulate what I have already £iid : if 

 your whipper-in be bold and a6livc ; be a good 

 and careful horfeman ; have a good ear and a 

 clear voice ; if, as 1 faid, he be a very Miuiga^ 

 having, at the fame time, judgment to diflinguifh 

 where he can be of motl ufe ; if, joined to thefe, 

 he be above the foolifh conceit of killing a fox 

 without the huntfman ; but, on the contrary, 

 be difpofcd to aflift him all he can, he then is a 

 pcrfe6l wliipper-in. 



I am forry to hear that your hounds aife lb un- 

 ileady; it is fcarcely poffible to have fport 

 with unilcady hounds ; they are half tired before 

 the fox is found, and are not to be depended 

 upon afterwards. It is a great pleafure when a 

 hound challenges to be certain he is right : it is a 

 cruel difappointment to hear a rate immediately 

 fucceed it, and the fmacking of whips, inftead 

 of halloos of encouragement. A few riotous and 

 determined hounds do a deal of mifchief in a 

 pack. Never, when you can avoid it, put them 

 amongfl the reft ; let them be taken out by them- 

 felves and well chaftifed, and if you find them 

 incorrigible hang them. The common faying^, 



evil 



